ubicumque
Latin
Etymology
Derived from ubī̆ (“where”) + -cumque (indefinite suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u.biˈkun.kʷe/, [ʊbɪˈkʊŋkʷɛ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /u.biˈkun.kwe/, [ubiˈkuŋkwe]
- (Rare, Poetic) (Classical) IPA(key): /u.biːˈkun.kʷe/, [ʊbiːˈkʊŋkʷɛ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /u.biˈkun.kwe/, [ubiˈkuŋkwe]
Adverb
ubicumque or ubīcumque (not comparable)
- wherever, wheresoever, in whatever place; in any place
- c. 45 BC, Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 5.37.108
- 'Patria est, ubicumque est bene'.
- My country is wherever I am happy.
- 'Patria est, ubicumque est bene'.
- Synonyms: ubilibet, ubivīs, ubiubi
- c. 45 BC, Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 5.37.108
Usage notes
- Vowel length: scansion with /i:/ extremely rare, e.g. Catul. 39.6 and Ov. Met. 7. 736.
- The adverbs ubī (“where”), ubinam (“where in the world?”), ubicumque (“wherever”) and ubiubī are sometimes used with the genitive of terra (“land”) (singular: terrārum), locus (“place”) (singular: locī, plural: locōrum), gens (singular: gentium), to denote the same meaning as "where on earth". "in what country" or "where in the world":
- Qui ubicumque terrarum sunt.
- Those which are wherever in the world.
- Ubicumque terrarum.
- Wherever in the world.
- Ubicumque terrārum et gentium.
- Wherever in the whole world.
- Ubicumque locorum vivitis.
- Wherever in the world you are alive.
- Ubicumque erit gentium.
- Wherever he will be in the world.
- Qui ubicumque terrarum sunt.
Related terms
Latin correlatives (edit)
type | interrogative | indefinite | (medial) demonstrative | proximal demonstrative | distal demonstrative | relative | indefinite relative | identity | other |
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basic | quis, quī | quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quisque, quisquam, aliquisquam, quispiam, ūllus | is, iste, istic | hic | ille, illic | quī | quisquis, quīcumque | ipse, īdem | alter, alius |
dual | uter | alteruter, uterque | uter | utercumque | |||||
number | quot | aliquot | tot | quot | quotquot, quotcumque | totidem | |||
order | quotus | totus | quotus | quotuscumque | |||||
quantity | quam | aliquam | tam | quam | †quamquam | †tamen, †tandem | |||
size | quantus | aliquantus | tantus | quantus | quantuscumque | tantusdem | |||
quality | quālis | aliquālis | tālis | quālis | quālis, quāliscumque | ||||
manner | ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum | utique, quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō | ita, sic, eō/istō modō | hōc modō | illō modō | ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum | utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque | item, itidem | aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō |
method, path, place | quā | aliquā, quāque | eā, istāc | hāc | illāc | quā | quāquā, quācumque | eādem | aliā |
place | ubi | alicubi, ubique, usquam, uspiam | ibi, istic | hīc | illīc | ubi | ubiubi, ubicumque | ibidem | alibī, aliās |
source | unde | alicunde, undeunde | inde, istinc | hinc | illinc | unde | undecumque | indidem | aliunde |
destination | quō, quōrsum | aliquō, quōquam, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum | eō, istūc, °istōrsum | hūc, °hōrsum | illūc, °illōrsum | quō | quōquō, quōcumque | eōdem | aliō, aliorsum |
time | quandō | quondam, aliquandō, quandōque, umquam | tum, tunc | num, nunc | ōlim | cum, quandō | cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque | simul | aliās |
exact time | quota hōra | ea/ista hōra | hac hōra | illa hōra | quota hōra | quotacumque hōra | eadem hōra | altera/alia hōra | |
repetition | quotiēns | aliquotiēns | totiēns | quotiēns | quotiēnscumque | ||||
multiplication | quotuplex | totuplex | quotuplex | ||||||
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated ° Rare |
Descendants
- Old French: oconque, ouconque
- → Interlingua: ubicunque
References
- “ubicumque”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ubicumque”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ubicumque in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Pede Certo - Digital Latin Metre, 2011