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Latin
Etymology
From vōbīs (“you”) + -cum (“with”).
Cicero offered an amusing folk-etymology to the effect that the opposite order cum nōbīs was avoided because it would sound 'obscene', that is, a bit like cunnō bis 'twice by the cunt'. (Final /m/ can assimilate to a following consonant.)
Pronunciation
Adverb
vōbīscum (not comparable)
- with you (plural)
Pax vobiscum- Peace be with you.
Dominus vobiscum- The Lord be with you.
Descendants
- Vulgar Latin: vōscum (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- vobiscum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- vobiscum in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung