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Latin
Etymology
Derived from ubī̆ (“where”) + -cumque (indefinite suffix).
Pronunciation
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.
- Synonyms: ubilibet, ubivīs, ubiubi
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.
Related terms
type |
demonstrative |
anaphoric |
identity |
interrogative/ relative |
indefinite |
negative |
other
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proximal |
medial |
distal |
relative |
indefinite |
universal |
free choice |
negative polarity
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basic
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hic |
iste, istic |
ille, illic |
is |
ipse, īdem |
quis/quī |
quisquis, quīcumque |
quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quispiam |
quisque |
quīvis, quīlibet |
quisquam, ūllus, °aliquisquam |
nēmō, nihil, nūllus |
alius
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dual
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uter |
utercumque |
alteruter |
uterque |
utervīs, uterlibet |
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neuter |
alter
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place
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hīc |
istīc |
illīc |
ibī̆ |
ibī̆dem |
ubī̆ |
ubiubi, ubī̆cumque |
alicubī, uspiam |
ubīque |
ubivīs, ubilibet |
usquam |
nusquam, nūllibī |
alibī, aliās
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source
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hinc |
istinc |
illinc |
inde |
indidem |
unde |
undecumque, undeunde |
alicunde |
undique |
°undelibet |
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aliunde
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destination
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hūc, °hōrsum |
istūc, °istōrsum |
illūc, °illōrsum |
eō |
eōdem |
quō, quōrsum |
quōquō, quōcumque |
aliquō, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum |
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quōvīs, quōlibet |
quōquam |
nusquam, nūllōrsum |
aliō, aliōrsum
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method, means, path, place
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hāc |
istāc |
illāc |
eā |
eādem |
quā |
quāquā, quācumque |
aliquā |
quāque |
quāvīs, quālibet |
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nēquāquam, haudquāquam |
aliā
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manner
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hōc modō |
istō modō |
illō modō |
ita, sīc, eō modō |
item, itidem |
ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum |
utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque |
quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō |
utique |
quōmodolibet |
ūllō modō |
nūllō modō |
aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
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time
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num, nunc |
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ōlim |
tum, tunc |
simul |
quandō, ‡cum |
cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque |
quondam, aliquandō |
quandōque |
quandōlibet |
umquam |
numquam |
aliās
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quantity
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tam |
†tamen, †tandem |
quam |
†quamquam |
aliquam |
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quamvīs, quamlibet |
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size
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tantus |
tantusdem |
quantus |
quantuscumque |
aliquantus |
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quantusvīs, quantuslibet |
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quality
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tālis |
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quālis |
quālis, quāliscumque |
aliquālis |
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quālislibet |
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number
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tot |
totidem |
quot |
quotquot, quotcumque |
aliquot |
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quotlibet |
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order
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totus |
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quotus |
quotuscumque |
aliquotus |
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quotuslibet |
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repetition
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totiēns |
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quotiēns |
quotiēnscumque |
aliquotiēns |
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quotiēnslibet |
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multiplication
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totuplex |
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quotuplex |
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† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated ° Rare ‡only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative
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Descendants
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