ubi ubi

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Reduplication of ubī̆.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈʊ.bʊ.bɪ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈuː.bu.bi]
  • (Poetic) IPA(key): [ˈʊ.bjʊ.biː]
  • (Poetic) IPA(key): [ˈuː.bju.bi]
  • Note: Always trisyllabic, exact realisation of the vowel junction unknown. Length of final vowel impossible to establish, in all likelihood parallel to simplex ubī̆. Invariably stressed on first syllable in iambic verse unless forming a word-group with erit.[1]

Adverb

ubi ubī̆ (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial, rare) wherever, wheresoever
    Ubi ubi est, fac quamprīmum haec audiat.
    Wherever he is, make sure he hears this first thing.

Usage notes

  • The adverbs ubī̆ (“where”), ubī̆nam (“where in the world?”), ubī̆cumque (“wherever”) and ubi ubī̆ 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?

Synonyms

Latin correlatives (edit)
type demonstrative anaphoric identity interrogative indefinite negative other
proximal medial distal indefinite irrelative / emphatic relative indefinite free choice universal negative polarity
basic hic iste, istic ille, illic is ipse, īdem ecquis, ecquī, ecquisnam, ecquīnam quisnam, quīnam quis/quī quisquis, quīcumque quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quispiam quīvis, quīlibet quisque quisquam, ūllus, °aliquisquam nēmō, nihil, nūllus alius
possessive* eccuius cuiusnam cuius cuiuscumque alicuius, cuiusdam cuiusvīs cuiusque cuiusquam
comparative (likeness) huiusmodī, huiuscemodī istī̆usmodī illī̆usmodī eiusmodī eiusdemmodī cuiusmodī cuiusmodīcumque alicuiusmodī, cuiusdammodī cuiusvīsmodī cuiusquemodī cuiusquammodī
dual uternam uter utercumque alteruter utervīs, uterlibet uterque neuter alter
place hīc istīc illīc ibī̆ ibī̆dem ubinam ubī̆ ubiubī̆, ubī̆cumque alicubī̆, uspiam ubivīs, ubilibet ubīque usquam nusquam, nūllibī alibī, aliās
source hinc istinc illinc inde indidem undenam unde undecumque, undeunde alicunde °undelibet undique undequam aliunde
destination hūc, °hōrsum istūc, °istōrsum illūc, °illōrsum eō eōdem ecquō quonam quō, quōrsum quōquō, quōcumque aliquō, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum quōvīs, quōlibet quōque quōquam nusquam, nūllōrsum aliō, aliōrsum
method,
means,
path,
place 		hāc istāc illāc eā eādem ecquā quānam quā quāquā, quācumque aliquā quāvīs, quālibet quāque °quāquam nēquāquam, haudquāquam aliā
manner hōc modō istō modō illō modō ita, sīc,
eō modō		 item, itidem utinam ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō quōmodolibet utīque utiquam, ūllō modō neutiquam, nūllō modō aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
time †num, nunc ōlim tum, tunc simul ecquandō quandō, ‡cum quandōnē, quandōquandō, cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque quondam, aliquandō quandōlibet quandōque umquam numquam aliās
quantity †nam tam †tamen, †tandem quam †quamquam, quamcumque aliquam quamvīs, quamlibet quamque †quamquam
size tantus tantusdem quantus quantusquantus, quantuscumque aliquantus quantusvīs, quantuslibet
extend tantum tantumdem quantum, quantillum quantumcumque aliquantum quantumvīs, quantumlibet
size (smallness) tantulus quantulus, quantillus quantuluscumque aliquantulus quantuluslibet
quality tālis ecquālis quālisnam quālis quālisquālis, quāliscumque aliquālis quālislibet quālisque nihilī
number tot totidem quotinam quot quotquot, quotcumque aliquot quotlibet
order/fractional totus quotus quotuscumque aliquotus quotuslibet
repetition totiēns quotiēns quotiēnscumque aliquotiēns quotiēnslibet quotiēnsque
time (continuous) tamdiū quamdiū quamdiūcumque aliquamdiū quamque diū
multiplication totuplex quotuplex
proportion totuplus quotuplus
distributive quotēnus
time (future) quantūrus
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimilated
° Rare
‡only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative
* Ridiculed by most grammarians

References

  1. ^ Radford, Robert S. (1903), “The Latin Monosyllables in Their Relation to Accent and Quantity. A Study in the Verse of Terence”, in Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association‎[1], volume 34, →DOI, page 60
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