ubi ubi

Latin

Alternative forms

  • ubiubī̆

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 relative emphatic relative indefinite free choice universal negative polarity
basic hic iste, istic ille, illic is ipse, īdem quis/quī quisnam, ecquisnam, quinam quisquis, quīcumque quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quispiam quīvis, quīlibet quisque quisquam, ūllus, °aliquisquam nēmō, nihil, nūllus alius
dual uter utercumque alteruter utervīs, uterlibet uterque neuter alter
place hīc istīc illīc ibī̆ ibī̆dem ubī̆ ubinam ubiubi, ubī̆cumque alicubī, uspiam ubivīs, ubilibet ubīque usquam nusquam, nūllibī alibī, aliās
source hinc istinc illinc inde indidem unde undecumque, undeunde alicunde °undelibet undique aliunde
destination hūc, °hōrsum istūc, °istōrsum illūc, °illōrsum eō eōdem quō, quōrsum quonam quōquō, quōcumque aliquō, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum quōvīs, quōlibet quōquam nusquam, nūllōrsum aliō, aliōrsum
method,
means,
path,
place 		hāc istāc illāc eā eādem quā quanam quāquā, quācumque aliquā quāvīs, quālibet quāque °quāquam nēquāquam, haudquāquam aliā
manner hōc modō istō modō illō modō ita, sīc,
eō modō		 item, itidem ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum utinam utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō quōmodolibet utīque ūllō modō nūllō modō aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
time num, nunc ōlim tum, tunc simul quandō, ‡cum †nam cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque quondam, aliquandō quandōlibet quandōque umquam numquam aliās
quantity tam †tamen, †tandem quam †quamquam aliquam quamvīs, quamlibet
size tantus tantusdem quantus quantuscumque aliquantus quantusvīs, quantuslibet
size (smallness) tantulus quantulus, quantillus quantuluscumque aliquantulus quantuluslibet
quality tālis quālis quālis, quāliscumque aliquālis quālislibet nihili
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 dissimilated
° Rare
‡only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative

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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