abusque

Latin

Alternative forms

• ab ū̆sque

Etymology

From ab (“from”) +‎ ū̆sque (“all the way”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈbuːs.kʷe/, [äˈbuːs̠kʷɛ] or IPA^(key): /aˈbus.kʷe/, [äˈbʊs̠kʷɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈbus.kwe/, [äˈbuskwe]

Preposition

abū̆sque

1. all the way from, from as far as, even from (+ ablative)

References

• “abusque”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “abusque”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers