suum cuique

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.umˈkui̯.kʷe/, [ˈs̠uʊŋˈkʊi̯kʷɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.um ˈkuj.kwe/, [ˈsuːum ˈkujkwe]

Phrase

suum cuique

1. (idiomatic) to each according to its own merits; to each his own
   • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 5.63

     Suum cuique pulchrum est.

     To each individual, his own creation is beautiful.

     Suum cuique tribuere.

     To give each its own.

Synonyms

• unicuique suum