usquequaque Latin · revision 34452

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

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

+ It is also written separately, ''usque quāque''.^(OLD 2012)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|usque|quāque|t1=all the way|t2=wherever]],^(Wiktionary) the second part being the feminine ablative of [[m|la|quisque|t=each]].^(OLD 2012) De Vaan traces the first part to [[itc-pro|*ū̆skʷe]] and [[ine-pro|*(H)ū̆d(s)|t=up, out]];^(de Vaan 2008) Dunkel proposes [[m|ine-pro|*ud-skʷe]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognates of the root are [[sa|उद्|tr=úd|t=up, out]] and [[goh|ūz|t=out]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Plautus on,^(de Vaan 2008) meaning everywhere: ''quom usquequaque umbra est, tamen sol semper hic est'', “though there is shade everywhere, the sun is always here”.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Plautus also uses it of every situation, as when a character complains that Chrysalus speaks ill of him at every turn.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) Cicero uses it in this way in the ''Orator'', and Pliny the Elder in the sense of everywhere.^(Conte 2010) It also means wholly, in every respect: in the ''Catalepton'' a verse is said to fit altogether, and Pliny the Younger calls something entirely to be praised.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ Medieval writers in Britain use it of everywhere, as Bede does of a hill covered with flowers, and of every occasion or every respect.^(DMLBS) Ecclesiastical Latin has it for everywhere, utterly and altogether.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of everywhere and of every situation.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it in the ''Orator''.^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 160–220 AD – Köbler records it in Tertullian.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|everywhere|alt=Everywhere]], in every direction.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)^(DMLBS)

+ # In every situation, on every occasion.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

+ # In every respect, wholly, [[m|en|altogether]].^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[usque]]

+ * [[quisque]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}