abusque

Latin

Alternative forms

ab ū̆sque

Etymology

From ab (“from”) +‎ ū̆sque (“all the way”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈbuːs.kʷe/, [äˈbuːs̠kʷɛ] or IPA^(key): /aˈbus.kʷe/, [äˈbʊs̠kʷɛ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈbus.kwe/, [äˈbuskwe]

Preposition

abū̆sque

all the way from, from as far as, even from (+ ablative)

References

“abusque”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“abusque”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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