usquequaque
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Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ū̆sque (“up to, all the way to”) + quāque (“wherever”), i.e. “all the way in every direction”.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /uːs.kʷeˈkʷaː.kʷe/, [uːs̠kʷɛˈkʷäːkʷɛ] or IPA(key): /us.kʷeˈkʷaː.kʷe/, [ʊs̠kʷɛˈkʷäːkʷɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /us.kweˈkwa.kwe/, [uskweˈkwäːkwe]
Adverb
[edit]ū̆squequāque (not comparable)
- everywhere
- in every possible case, in every circumstance
References
[edit]- Félix Gaffiot (1934) “usquequaque”, in Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary] (in French), Hachette.
- “usquequaque” on page 2110/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)