ubi ubi
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LatinEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu.bu.bi/, [ˈʊbʊbɪ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈu.bu.bi/, [ˈuːbubi]
- (Poetic) IPA(key): /ˈu.bi̯u.biː/, [ˈʊbi̯ʊbiː]
- (Poetic) IPA(key): /ˈu.bju.bi/, [ˈuːbjubi]
- Note: Always trisyllabic, exact realisation of the vowel junction unknown. Length of final vowel impossible to establish, in all likelyhood parallel to simplex ubī̆. Invariably stressed on first syllable in iambic verse unless forming a word-group with erit.[1]
Alternative formsEdit
AdverbEdit
ubi ubi or ubī ubī (not comparable)
- (colloquial, rare) wherever, wheresoever
- Ubi ubi est, fac quamprīmum haec audiat.
- Wherever he is, make sure he hears this first thing.
- Ubi ubi est, fac quamprīmum haec audiat.
Usage notesEdit
- The adverbs ubī (“where”), ubinam (“where in the world?”), ubicumque (“wherever”) and ubiubī are sometimes used with the genitive of terra (“land”) (plural: terrārum), locus (“place”) (singular: locī, plural: locōrum), gens (“nation”) (singular: gentium), to detonate the same meaning as "where on earth". "in what country" or "where in the world":
- Ubi ubi est gentium.
- Wherever in the world is he?
- Ubi ubi est gentium.