suum cuique

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsu.ũː ˈkʊj.kʷɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsuː.um ˈkuj.kʷe]

Phrase

suum cuique

1. (idiomatic) to each according to its own merits; to each his own

   suum cuique tribuere

   to give each its own

   • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 5.63:

     Suum cuique pulchrum est.

     To each [individual], his own is beautiful.

Synonyms

• unicuique suum