ubique Latin · revision 30856

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *kʷu-dʰi}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ʊˈbiː.kʷɛ]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [uˈbiː.kʷe]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ubīque''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|ubī|-que|t1=where|t2=-ever, each]], with the generalising [[m|la|-que]] of [[m|la|quisque|t=each]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|ubī]] to [[itc-pro|*kʷuþei]] and [[ine-pro|*kʷu-dʰi|t=where]] (or ⟨*kʷu-bʰi⟩), cognate with [[osc|puf|t=where]], [[sa|कुह|tr=kúha|t=where]] and [[cu|къде|tr=kŭde|t=where]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus, ''Bacchides'': ''quīcumque ubīque sunt'', “all who are anywhere”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its first sense, mostly after a relative or indefinite, is “in any place whatever, anywhere”: Cicero appeals to all Roman citizens, those present and those anywhere.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) From this it came to mean “everywhere”, as Caesar's soldiers, scorched by flames on all sides, did not leave the rampart;^(OLD 2012) Ulpian uses it for “in all circumstances”.^(OLD 2012) Caesar may once use it as a conjunction, “wherever”, though the reading is doubtful.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “wherever, everywhere, in all places”.^(Stelten 1995) Modern Latin ''ubīquitārius'', formed from it, gave English ''ubiquitary'' (about 1600); English ''ubiquitous'' (1800) belongs to the same family.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: “anywhere”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero: “anywhere”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar: “everywhere”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1800 – English [[m|en|ubiquitous]], from the derived noun.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # In any place whatever, [[m|en|anywhere]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # [[m|en|everywhere]], in every place; in all circumstances.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[perubique]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ubī]]

+ * [[quisque]]

+ * [[en|ubiquitous]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}