alicubi Latin · revision 34273

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [aˈlɪ.kʊ.bɪ]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [aˈliː.ku.bi]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

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

+ According to Cassiodorus it was earlier written ''aliquobi''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ali-|ubī|t1=some, other|t2=where]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Wiktionary takes the second part as [[m|la|cubī]], the original form of the adverb, built on the interrogative stem [[ine-pro|*kʷo-]].^(Wiktionary) De Vaan thinks the stem ⟨ali-⟩, also seen in [[m|la|aliquis|t=someone]], may be shortened from [[m|la|alius|t=other]] or be an allegro form.^(de Vaan 2008) For the adverb meaning “where” he prefers [[itc-pro|*kʷuþei]], from [[ine-pro|*kʷu-dʰi|t=where]]; its cognates include [[osc|puf]] and [[xum|pufe|t=where]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest quotation is from Plautus, ''alicubi apstrudam foris'', “I shall hide it somewhere outside”;^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) de Vaan dates it from Terence in his entry for alius, but from Plautus in his entry for ubī.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means somewhere or anywhere: Terence has ''utinam hic prope adesset alicubi'', “if only he were somewhere near here”, and Cicero uses it in his letters and with a further place name, ''hic alicubi in Crustumino''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis and Short call it very rare.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Quintilian and Suetonius use it of places in a writer's works, “here and there”, and Mela, Petronius and Pliny the Elder in the sense “elsewhere”.^(OLD 2012) Apuleius pairs it with [[alibī]], “in one place … in another”, and Seneca repeats it of occasions, “at one time … at another”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of hiding something somewhere.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence has ''hic prope alicubi''.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43/44 AD – Mela uses it in the sense “elsewhere”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius has ''alicubi … alibi''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|somewhere|alt=Somewhere]], anywhere, in some place.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

+ # Here and there in a writer's works, [[m|en|occasionally]].^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

+ # [[m|en|elsewhere|alt=Elsewhere]], in some other place.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''alicubi … alibi'' or repeated ''alicubi … alicubi'': in one place … in another; at one time … at another.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ubī]]

+ * [[aliquis]]

+ * [[alius]]

+ * [[alibī]]

+ * [[sīcubi]]

+ * [[nēcubi]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Priscian distinguishes it from [[usquam]]: ''alicubi'' is used absolutely, of one particular place (''alicubi fuimus''), while ''usquam'' refers to all places.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}