ubicumque

Latin

Etymology

Derived from ubī̆ (“where”) +‎ -cumque (indefinite suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u.biˈkun.kʷe/, [ʊbɪˈkʊŋkʷɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /u.biˈkun.kwe/, [ubiˈkuŋkwe]
• (Rare, Poetic) (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u.biːˈkun.kʷe/, [ʊbiːˈkʊŋkʷɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /u.biˈkun.kwe/, [ubiˈkuŋkwe]

Adverb

ubicumque or ubīcumque (not comparable)

1. wherever, wheresoever, in whatever place; in any place
   • c. 45 BC, Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 5.37.108

     'Patria est, ubicumque est bene'.

     My country is wherever I am happy.

   Synonyms: ubilibet, ubivīs, ubiubi

Usage notes

• Vowel length: scansion with /i:/ extremely rare, e.g. Catul. 39.6 and Ov. Met. 7. 736.
• The adverbs ubī (“where”), ubinam (“where in the world?”), ubicumque (“wherever”) and ubiubī are sometimes used with the genitive of terra (“land”) (singular: terrārum), locus (“place”) (singular: locī, plural: locōrum), gens (singular: gentium), to detonate the same meaning as "where on earth". "in what country" or "where in the world":

  Qui ubicumque terrarum sunt.

  Those which are wherever in the world.

  Ubicumque terrarum.

  Wherever in the world.

  Ubicumque terrārum et gentium.

  Wherever in the whole world.

  Ubicumque locorum vivitis.

  Wherever in the world you are alive.

  Ubicumque erit gentium.

  Wherever he will be in the world.

Related terms

Latin correlatives ^(edit)

type	demonstrative			anaphoric	identity	interrogative/ relative	indefinite					negative	other
	proximal	medial	distal				relative	indefinite	universal	free choice	negative polarity
basic	hic	iste, istic	ille, illic	is	ipse, īdem	quis/quī	quisquis, quīcumque	quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quispiam	quisque	quīvis, quīlibet	quisquam, ūllus, °aliquisquam	nēmō, nihil, nūllus	alius
dual						uter	utercumque	alteruter	uterque	utervīs, uterlibet		neuter	alter
place	hīc	istīc	illīc	ibī̆	ibī̆dem	ubī̆	ubiubi, ubī̆cumque	alicubī, uspiam	ubīque	ubivīs, ubilibet	usquam	nusquam, nūllibī	alibī, aliās
source	hinc	istinc	illinc	inde	indidem	unde	undecumque, undeunde	alicunde	undique	°undelibet			aliunde
destination	hūc, °hōrsum	istūc, °istōrsum	illūc, °illōrsum	eō	eōdem	quō, quōrsum	quōquō, quōcumque	aliquō, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum		quōvīs, quōlibet	quōquam	nusquam, nūllōrsum	aliō, aliōrsum
method, means, path, place	hāc	istāc	illāc	eā	eādem	quā	quāquā, quācumque	aliquā	quāque	quāvīs, quālibet		nēquāquam, haudquāquam	aliā
manner	hōc modō	istō modō	illō modō	ita, sīc, eō modō	item, itidem	ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum	utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque	quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō	utique	quōmodolibet	ūllō modō	nūllō modō	aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
time	num, nunc		ōlim	tum, tunc	simul	quandō, ‡cum	cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque	quondam, aliquandō	quandōque	quandōlibet	umquam	numquam	aliās
quantity				tam	†tamen, †tandem	quam	†quamquam	aliquam		quamvīs, quamlibet
size				tantus	tantusdem	quantus	quantuscumque	aliquantus		quantusvīs, quantuslibet
quality				tālis		quālis	quālis, quāliscumque	aliquālis		quālislibet
number				tot	totidem	quot	quotquot, quotcumque	aliquot		quotlibet
order				totus		quotus	quotuscumque	aliquotus		quotuslibet
repetition				totiēns		quotiēns	quotiēnscumque	aliquotiēns		quotiēnslibet
multiplication				totuplex		quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated ° Rare ‡only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative

Descendants

• Italian: ovunque

References

• “ubicumque”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ubicumque”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ubicumque in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.