ubicumque

Latin

Etymology

Derived from ubī̆ (“where”) +‎ -cumque (indefinite suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u.biˈkun.kʷe/, [ʊbɪˈkʊŋkʷɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /u.biˈkun.kwe/, [ubiˈkuŋkwe]
• (Rare, Poetic) (Classical) IPA^(key): /u.biːˈkun.kʷe/, [ʊbiːˈkʊŋkʷɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /u.biˈkun.kwe/, [ubiˈkuŋkwe]

Adverb

ubicumque or ubīcumque (not comparable)

1. 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

Latin correlatives ^(edit)

type	interrogative	indefinite	(medial) demonstrative	proximal demonstrative	distal demonstrative	relative	indefinite relative	identity	other
basic	quis, quī	quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quisque, quisquam, aliquisquam, quispiam, ūllus	is, iste, istic	hic	ille, illic	quī	quisquis, quīcumque	ipse, īdem	alter, alius
dual	uter	alteruter, uterque				uter	utercumque
number	quot	aliquot	tot			quot	quotquot, quotcumque	totidem
order	quotus		totus			quotus	quotuscumque
quantity	quam	aliquam	tam			quam	†quamquam	†tamen, †tandem
size	quantus	aliquantus	tantus			quantus	quantuscumque	tantusdem
quality	quālis	aliquālis	tālis			quālis	quālis, quāliscumque
manner	ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum	utique, quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō	ita, sic, eō/istō modō	hōc modō	illō modō	ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum	utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque	item, itidem	aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
method, path, place	quā	aliquā, quāque	eā, istāc	hāc	illāc	quā	quāquā, quācumque	eādem	aliā
place	ubi	alicubi, ubique, usquam, uspiam	ibi, istic	hīc	illīc	ubi	ubiubi, ubicumque	ibidem	alibī, aliās
source	unde	alicunde, undeunde	inde, istinc	hinc	illinc	unde	undecumque	indidem	aliunde
destination	quō, quōrsum	aliquō, quōquam, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum	eō, istūc, °istōrsum	hūc, °hōrsum	illūc, °illōrsum	quō	quōquō, quōcumque	eōdem	aliō, aliorsum
time	quandō	quondam, aliquandō, quandōque, umquam	tum, tunc	num, nunc	ōlim	cum, quandō	cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque	simul	aliās
exact time	quota hōra		ea/ista hōra	hac hōra	illa hōra	quota hōra	quotacumque hōra	eadem hōra	altera/alia hōra
repetition	quotiēns	aliquotiēns	totiēns			quotiēns	quotiēnscumque
multiplication	quotuplex		totuplex			quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated ° Rare

Descendants

• Old French: oconque, ouconque
• → Interlingua: ubicunque

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^[1], 2011