quoūsque or quo ūsque

quŏ-usquē (also separated, quo enim usque, Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 3:

quo te spectabimus usque,

Mart. 2, 64, 9), adv.

Of time, until what time, till when, how long (class.): De. Quousque? Li. Usque ad mortem volo, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 28:

quousque humi defixa tua mens erit?

Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

quousque? inquies. Quoad erit integrum,

id. Att. 15, 23:

quousque ita dicis?

id. Planc. 31, 75:

quousque tandem abutere patientiā nostrā?

id. Cat. 1, 1, 1.—

Of place, how far.

Lit.:

quousque penetratura sit avaritia,

Plin. N. H. 33, prooem. §

3: cum decessero de viā, quousque degredi debeo?

Gell. 1, 3, 15.—

Trop., how far, to what extent (post-class.):

quousque ei permissum videatur peculium administrare,

Dig. 20, 3, 1.

usquĕ, adv. [us- for ubs-, from ubi with locative s; and que for qued, old abl. of quis; v. Corss. Ausspr. 2, 471; 838; cf.: quisque, usquam].

Lit., all the way to or from any limit of space, time, etc. (cf.: fine, tenus); of place, all the way, right on, without interruption, continuously, constantly.

With prepositions.

With ab:

qui a fundamento mihi usque movisti mare,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 55:

usque a mari supero Romam proficisci,

Cic. Clu. 68, 192:

ex omnibus spectaculis usque a Capitolio plausus excitatus,

id. Sest. 58, 124:

usque a rubro mari,

Nep. Hann. 2, 1.— Poet.:

Dardaniam Siculo prospexit ab usque Pachyno,

Verg. A. 7, 289 (sometimes as one word, v. abusque).—

With ex:

usque ex ultimā Syriā atque Aegypto navigare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 60, § 157. —

With ad:

usque a Dianio ad Sinopen navigaverunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 34, § 87:

ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum,

id. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

usque ad Iconium,

id. Fam. 3, 8, 4:

ab Atticā ad Thessaliam usque,

Plin. 4, 12, 21, § 63:

usque ad Numantiam misit,

Cic. Dejot. 7, 19:

usque ad castra hostium accessit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 51 ( poet. and post-Aug. ad usque; often as one word, v. adusque).—

With in and acc.:

cum ad eum usque in Pamphyliam legatos misissent,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:

portūs usque in sinūs oppidis et ad urbis crepidines infusi,

id. Rep. 3, 31, 43.—

With trans:

trans Alpes usque transfertur,

Cic. Quint. 3, 12.—

With sub and acc.:

admōrunt oculis usque sub ora faces,

Ov. Ib. 240 (236).—

With adverbs of place:

quod eos usque istinc exauditos putem,

Cic. Att. 1, 14, 4.—

Esp., with quaque (less correctly as one word, usquequaque; v. II. A. 3. e. and II. B. 3. infra), everywhere: non usque quaque idoneum invenias locum, ubi, etc., Afran. ap. Non. p. 518, 6 (Com. Rel. v. 198 Rib.):

immo vero, quom usquequaque umbra'st, tamen Sol semper hic est,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 79:

mari terrāque illas usque quaque quaeritat,

id. Poen. prol. 105:

aut undique religionem tolle, aut usque quaque conserva,

Cic. Phil. 2, 43, 110:

effugere non est, Flacce, basiatores. Instant... occurrunt, et hinc et illinc, usquequaque, quacunque,

Mart. 11, 98, 3; cf.:

QVAQVE VSQVE,

Inscr. Grut. 611, 13.—

With acc. of the place whither, all the way to, as far as, to.

With names of towns (class.; acc. to Reisig. Vorles. p. 216, usque ad Numantiam means all the way to the town, i. e. to its walls or gates: usque Numantiam, all the way to or into it, implying entrance of the town; cf.

the passages cited infra): theatrum ita resonans, ut usque Romam significationes vocesque referantur,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 14, § 42:

Miletum usque? obsecro,

Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 21.—

With other names than those of towns (post-Aug.):

ab hac (sc. Siciliā) Cretam usque Siculum (mare) vocat,

Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 75:

imperium usque extremos Orientis terminos prolatum,

Just. 7, 1, 4:

terminos usque Libyae,

id. 1, 1, 5:

ab Atticā Thessaliam usque,

Plin. 4, 12, 21, § 63:

ab eo usque Jovem,

id. 2, 22, 20, § 84:

horrendus ab astris Descendit vos usque fragor,

Stat. Th. 11, 89.—

Meton.

Of time, all the time, continually, perpetually, all the while from or to a period, as long or as far as, until.

With prepositions.

With ab:

mihi magna cum eo jam inde usque a pueritiā Fuit semper familiaritas,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 9:

primus esses memoriter Progeniem nostram usque ab avo proferens,

id. Phorm. 2, 3, 48:

augures omnes usque a Romulo,

Cic. Vatin. 8, 20:

opinio jam usque ab heroicis ducta temporibus,

from as far back as the heroic ages, id. Div. 1, 1, 1:

usque a Thale Milesio,

id. N. D. 1, 33, 91:

bona paterna et avita et usque a nobis repetita,

id. Cael. 14, 34.—

With ad:

usque a mane ad vesperum,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 97:

a mane ad noctem usque in foro dego diem,

id. Most. 3, 1, 3:

inde usque ad diurnam stellam crastinam potabimus,

id. Men. 1, 2, 62; cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25:

ille nihil difficilius esse dicebat, quam amicitiam usque ad extremum vitae diem permanere,

id. Lael. 10, 33:

deinceps retro usque ad Romulum,

as far as, up to, id. Rep. 1, 37, 58.—

With acc. (post-Aug.):

paucae, aegre se defen dentes, usque tempora Alexandri Magni duraverunt,

Just. 2, 4, 32:

a rege Romulo usque Caesarem Augustum,

Flor. 1, prooem. 1 (al. usque in).—

With adverbs.

With inde:

pueritiae memoriam recordari ultimam, inde usque repetens, etc.,

Cic. Arch. 1, 1.—

With antehac:

ut animus in spe usque antehac attentus fuit, Ita, etc.,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 3.—

With adhuc:

quod occultatum'st usque adhuc nunc non potest,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 3, 10:

qui me tam leni passus animost usque adhuc facere, etc.,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 27:

cessatum usque adhuc est,

until now, hitherto, id. Ad. 4, 4, 23:

qui mos usque adhuc est retentus,

Cic. Rep. 2, 20, 35:

usque adhuc certe animum meum probastis,

Suet. Dom. 18; v. adhuc, II. A.—

With eo:

tamen usque eo se tenuit, quoad, etc.,

Cic. Dejot. 4, 11:

usque eo animadverti eum jocari,

id. Rosc. Am. 22, 60; v. 2. eo, II. C.—

With quaque, continually, always:

Chrusalus mihi usque quaque loquitur nec recte,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 83: usque quaque sapere oportet, Poët. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 1; so,

usque quaque,

Cat. 39, 2; Plin. Ep. 7, 20, 2; 1, 7, 5; Gell. 16, 3, 1:

usquequaque, de hoc cum dicemus,

whenever, Cic. Att. 4, 9, 1.—

Opp. nusquam: atque hoc non alienum est, quod ad multa pertineat, ne aut nusquam aut usquequaque dicatur, hic admonere,

Cic. Inv. 2, 21, 63.—

With dum:

usque dum regnum optinebit Juppiter,

Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 28: conplebo familiam adeo usque satietatem dum capiet pater, id. Am. 1, 2, 9:

usque id egi dudum, dum loquitur pater,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 30; Cato, R. R. 156:

mihi quidem usque curae erit, quid agas, dum, quid egeris, sciero,

Cic. Fam. 12, 19, 3; id. Verr. 2, 1, 5, § 12; 2, 1, 6, § 16; Hor. C. 3, 30, 7; cf. dum, I. B. 1. b. —

With interea:

nam usque dum ille vitam colet Inopem... Interea usque illi de me supplicium dabo,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 84 sqq.—

With donec:

ibo odorans quasi canis venaticus Usque donec persecutus volpem ero vestigiis,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 114. —

With quoad:

usque illum, quoad ei nuntiatum esset consules descendisse, omnibus exclusis commentatum, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 22, 87:

dandum ordeum, usque quoad erunt lactentes,

Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 12.—

With adeo:

usque adeo in periculo fuisse, quoad, etc.,

Cic. Sest. 38, 82; cf. Cato, R. R. 67:

instare usque adeo, donec se adjurat,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 40; id. Rud. 3, 5, 32: usque adeo, dum, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 10, 3, 5; cf. Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 10 sub f. supra.—

With nunc (post-class.):

nunc usque,

to this day, Amm. 14, 2, 12:

usque nunc,

Hier. Ep. 3, 87.—

In other relations.

Of extent or degree, even to, quite up to, or as far as.

Absol.:

ego vapulando, ille verberando, usque ambo defessi sumus,

Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 5 Fleck. (al. verberando usque, ambo:

incerta est distinctio, Don. ad loc.): poenasque dedit usque superque (= usque eo quod satis esset),

Hor. S. 1, 2, 65.—

With ad:

usque ad ravim poscam,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 10:

usque ad necem,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 28:

hoc malum usque ad bestias perveniat,

Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 67:

usque ad eum finem, dum, etc.,

id. Verr. 1, 6, 16; v. dum: assenserunt consules designati, omnes etiam consulares usque ad Pompeium, up to, i. e. except Pompey, Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 20.—

With adeo:

undique totis Usque adeo turbatur agris,

to so great an extent, Verg. E. 1, 12.—

With terminal adverbs:

Anco regi familiaris est factus (sc. L. Tarquinius) usque eo, ut, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 2, 20, 35; v. eo, under is fin.:

usque quo non vis subici mihi?

how long? Vulg. Exod. 10, 3; cf. quousque.—

Right on, always, without stop, continuously, constantly, incessantly: Ep. Ne abeas, priusquam ego ad te venero. Ap. Usque opperiar, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 122:

Ctesipho me pugnis miserum Usque occidit,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 20:

an usque In nostrum jacies verba superba caput?

Prop. 2, 8, 16:

cantantes licet usque, minus via laedit, eamus,

Verg. E. 9, 64; cf.:

nec vidisse semel satis est, juvat usque morari,

id. A. 6, 487:

naturam expelles furcā, tamen usque recurret,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 24.—Repeated:

allatres licet usque nos et usque,

Mart. 5, 60, 1:

ergo, qui prius usque et usque et usque Furum scindere podices solebam,

Auct. Priap. 78.—

Esp.: usque quāque (less correctly as one word, usquequaque), in every thing, on every occasion:

nolite usque quaque idem quaerere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 5, § 10:

an hoc usque quaque, aliter in vitā?

id. Fin. 5, 30, 91 Madv. ad loc.:

et id usquequaque quantum sit appareat,

in each particular, id. Or. 22, 73; Plin. Ep. 7, 12, 5:

religionum usque quaque contemptor, praeter unius Deae Syriae,

Suet. Ner. 56 init.

quŏ-ad (monosyl., Lucr. 2, 849; Hor. S. 2, 3, 91; collat. form quaad, Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 2; Inscr. Fabr. p. 641, 357; cf. Cardin. Dipl. p. 22, 30, and n. 337, and Cavedon. Marm. Moden. p. 243), adv. [orig. quod-ad = ad quod], how long?

Lit., in direct questions (rare):

senem Quoad exspectatis vestrum?

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 98.—

Transf.

As long as:

quousque, inquies? quoad erit integrum,

Cic. Att. 15, 23, 1:

tamdiu velle debebis, quoad te, quantum proficias, non poenitebit,

id. Off. 1, 1, 2: quoad vixit, id. Verr. 2, 1, 23, § 60.—

Till, until, until that:

ferrum usque eo retinuit, quoad renuntiatum est vicisse Boeotios,

Nep. Epam. 9, 3; 2, 5:

hactenus existimo, consolationem recte adhibitam esse, quoad certior fieres,

Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 3:

quoad ipse cum exercitu propius accessisset,

Caes. B. G. 4, 11; Liv. 5, 50; Suet. Caes. 14; Just. 12, 9, 11.—

How far, as far as:

videte nunc, quoad fecerit iter apertius, quam antea,

Cic. Agr. 1, 2, 5; cf.:

jus civile eatenus exercuerunt, quoad populum praestare voluerunt,

id. Leg. 1, 4, 14; id. Phil. 11, 3, 6:

quoad insequi poterat,

Liv. 2, 25; 22, 6.—

So far as, as much as:

jubeo te salvere voce summā, quoad vires valent,

as far as my strength reaches, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 30:

est modus tamen, quoad pati uxorem oportet,

to what extent, id. Men. 5, 2, 19:

quoad patiatur consuetudo,

as far as custom permits, Varr. L. L. 9, § 1:

cognitis, quoad possunt ab homine cognosci, bonorum et malorum finibus,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 38, 82:

ut, quoad possem et liceret, nunquam discederem,

id. Lael. 1, 1; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3.—With gen. ejus in the phrase, quoad ejus facere possum, as far or as well as I can:

tu tamen velim ne intermittas, quoad ejus (facere) poteris, scribere ad me,

Cic. Att. 11, 12, 4 (B. and K. quod); id. Fam. 3, 2, 2 Orell.:

ut quoad ejus fieri possit,

as much as possible, id. Inv. 2, 6, 20:

id eos ut prohiberet, quoad ejus sine bello posset. praetori mandatum est,

as far as possible without having recourse to arms, Liv. 39, 45.—Without ejus:

quoad facere potui,

Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 291.—

With respect to, as to, = quod attinet ad (with the acc. only in the foll. examples where the text is doubtful):

quoad diem,

Liv. 42, 6, 6 MSS. (Weissenb. quam ad diem):

quoad sexum, multitudinem, casum,

Varr. L. L. 8, 23, § 46 Müll. (MSS. quod sexum; perh. ad is omitted; cf.

Müll. ad loc.): nec interest, quoad feras bestias et volucres, utrum, etc.,

Dig. 41, 1, 3 (Momms. quod ad feras).

tandem, adv. [tam and the demonstr. termination dem; prop. just so far; hence, transf. to time, after so long, after a long time], implying the end of long delay or expectation, at length, at last, in the end, finally (cf.: denique, postremo).

Lit.

In gen.

Alone: Juppiter tibi summe tandem male re gestā gratulor, Enn. ap. Non. 116, 29 (Trag. v. 242 Vahl.):

ne navigarem tandem hoc aetatis senex,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 109:

haec illic est pugnata pugna usque a mane ad vesperum... Sed proelium id tandem diremit nox interventu suo,

id. Am. 1, 1, 99:

tandem cognosti, qui siem,

Ter. And. 3, 4, 7:

tandem reprime iracundiam,

id. Ad. 5, 3, 8:

quod si animi vis in capite esse posset... soleret tandem in eodem homine manere,

in the end, after all, Lucr. 5, 137:

tandem vulneribus defessi pedem referre coeperunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

tandem milites conscendere in naves jubet,

id. ib. 5, 7;

7, 67: tandem desine sequi,

Hor. C. 1, 23, 11; 3, 15, 2; id. S. 2, 5, 68:

finiat ut poenas tandem rogat,

Ov. M. 1, 735; Curt. 6, 7, 12.—

Strengthened,

By jam:

jam tandem aedes igitur,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 39 Brix; cf. Cic. Agr. 2, 37, 103:

jam tandem Italiae fugientis prendimus oras,

Verg. A. 6, 61; so id. ib. 10, 890;

12, 497 (cf.: jam denique,

id. ib. 2, 70.—

By aliquando:

aliquando tandem huc animum ut adjungas tuum,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 61; cf.:

tandem aliquando L. Catilinam... ex urbe ejecimus,

Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 1; so,

tandem aliquando,

id. ib. 1, 7, 18; id. Quint. 30, 94; id. Fam. 11, 27, 5; 16, 9, 4; v. aliquando.—

Pleon., with denique:

tandem denique asinali verecundiā ductus,

App. M. 4, p. 153, 3; so,

tandem denique,

id. ib. 3, p. 138, 39; 10, p. 245, 16; cf.:

recreatus denique tandem,

Amm. 17, 12, 10.—

In partic., in interrogative clauses, pray, pray now, now, then: quid tandem, what in the world, etc. (very freq. in class. prose):

quid tandem admisi in me, ut loqui non audeam?

Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 12: quid tandem agebatis, [p. 1840] Cic. Rep. 1, 13, 19:

quae res tandem inciderat?

id. ib. 1, 11, 17:

quod genus tandem est istud ostentationis et gloriae?

id. Roab. Post. 14, 38; id. Leg. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

quonam tandem modo?

id. Tusc. 3, 4, 8; id. Part. Or. 4, 12; id. Fin. 2, 19, 60:

(id) quo tandem animo tibi ferendum putas?

id. Cat. 1, 7, 16:

hoc, per ipsos deos, quale tandem est?

id. N. D. 1, 38, 105:

quanto tandem illum moerore afflictum esse putatis?

id. Cat. 2, 1, 2:

quorsum tandem? aut cur ista quaeris?

id. Leg. 1, 1, 4:

quousque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientiā nostrā?

id. Cat. 1, 1, 1:

quae quousque tandem patiemini?

Sall. C. 20, 9; Cic. Caecin. 17, 48; so,

utrum tandem... an,

id. Fl. 10, 24:

scis Quo tandem pacto deceat, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 2:

ain' tandem ita esse ut dicis?

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 19; so,

ain' tandem?

id. Trin. 4, 2, 145; id. Truc. 2, 7, 47; Ter. And. 5, 3, 4; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 26; Cic. Rep. 1, 15, 23; id. Att. 9, 21, 1:

itane aiebat tandem?

Plaut. Mil. 1, 66; so,

itane tandem?

id. Trin. 3, 2, 16; Ter. And. 3, 2, 12; id. Heaut. 5, 2, 1; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 1; 3, 2, 42. —

Transf., for denique, finally, to mark the final clause of a series (very rare), Quint. 12, 1, 25.