ubi ubi

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Reduplication of ubī̆.

Pronunciation
  • (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]

Adverb

ubi ubi or ubī ubī (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 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
Latin correlatives (edit)
typedemonstrativeanaphoricidentityinterrogative/
relative		indefinitenegativeother
proximalmedialdistalrelativeindefiniteuniversalfree choicenegative polarity
basic hiciste, isticille, illicisipse, īdemquis/quīquisquis, quīcumquequis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quispiamquisquequīvis, quīlibetquisquam, ūllus, °aliquisquamnēmō, nihil, nūllusalius
dual uterutercumquealteruteruterqueutervīs, uterlibetneuteralter
place hīcistīcillīcibī̆ibī̆demubī̆ubiubi, ubī̆cumquealicubī, uspiamubīqueubivīs, ubilibetusquamnusquam, nūllibīalibī, aliās
source hincistincillincindeindidemundeundecumque, undeundealicundeundique°undelibetaliunde
destination hūc, °hōrsumistūc, °istōrsumillūc, °illōrsumeōeōdemquō, quōrsumquōquō, quōcumquealiquō, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsumquōvīs, quōlibetquōquamnusquam, nūllōrsumaliō, aliōrsum
method,
means,
path,
place		 hācistācillāceāeādemquāquāquā, quācumquealiquāquāquequāvīs, quālibetnēquāquam, haudquāquamaliā
manner hōc modōistō modōillō modōita, sīc,
eō modō		item, itidemut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodumutut, utcumque, quōmodocumquequī, quōdam modō, aliquō modōutiquequōmodolibetūllō modōnūllō modōaliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
time num, nuncōlimtum, tuncsimulquandō, ‡cumcumque, quandōcumque, quandōquequondam, aliquandōquandōquequandōlibetumquamnumquamaliās
quantity tam†tamen, †tandemquam†quamquamaliquamquamvīs, quamlibet
size tantustantusdemquantusquantuscumquealiquantusquantusvīs, quantuslibet
quality tālisquālisquālis, quāliscumquealiquālisquālislibet
number tottotidemquotquotquot, quotcumquealiquotquotlibet
order totusquotusquotuscumquealiquotusquotuslibet
repetition totiēnsquotiēnsquotiēnscumquealiquotiēnsquotiēnslibet
multiplication totuplexquotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated
° 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, volume 34, →DOI, page 60
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