Alternative forms [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
Reduplication of ubī̆ .
Pronunciation [ edit ]
( Classical ) IPA (key ) : /ˈu.bu.bi/ , [ˈʊbʊbɪ]
( modern Italianate Ecclesiastical ) IPA (key ) : /ˈu.bu.bi/ , [ˈuːbubi]
( Poetic ) IPA (key ) : /ˈu.bi̯u.biː/ , [ˈʊbi̯ʊbiː]
( Poetic ) IPA (key ) : /ˈu.bju.bi/ , [ˈuːbjubi]
Note: Always trisyllabic, exact realisation of the vowel junction unknown. Length of final vowel impossible to establish, in all likelyhood parallel to simplex ubī̆ . Invariably stressed on first syllable in iambic verse unless forming a word-group with erit .[1]
ubi ubi or ubī ubī (not comparable )
( colloquial , rare ) wherever , wheresoever
Ubi ubi est, fac quamprīmum haec audiat.Wherever he is, make sure he hears this first thing.
Usage notes [ edit ]
The adverbs ubī ( “ where ” ) , ubinam ( “ where in the world? ” ) , ubicumque ( “ wherever ” ) and ubiubī 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 [ edit ]
Related terms [ 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
References [ edit ]
^ 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