susque deque

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From *subs ("up", compare sūrsum (“upwards”)) and dē (“down from”), literally translating to "both up and down".

Adverb edit

susque dēque (not comparable)

with indifference

Usage notes edit

Found in the expressions susque dēque ferre, susque dēque habēre ("not to attribute importance to, to view with equanimity") and esse susque dēque ("not to matter")

References edit

“susque dēque”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
susquĕ dēquĕ in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.