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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] .
I. 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.
1. 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).--
2. With ex: usque ex ultimā Syriā atque Aegypto navigare, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 60, § 157 . --
3. 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).--
4. 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 .--
5. With trans: trans Alpes usque transfertur, Cic. Quint. 3, 12 .--
6. With sub and acc.: admōrunt oculis usque sub ora faces, Ov. Ib. 240 (236).--
B. With adverbs of place: quod eos usque istinc exauditos putem, Cic. Att. 1, 14, 4 .--
2. 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 .--
C. With acc. of the place whither, all
the way to, as far as, to.
1. 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 .--
2. 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 .--
II. Meton.
A. Of time, all the time, continually,
perpetually, all the while from or to a period, as long or
as far as, until.
a. 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 .--
b. 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 .--
2. 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).--
a. With inde: pueritiae memoriam recordari ultimam, inde usque repetens, etc., Cic. Arch. 1, 1 .--
b. With antehac: ut animus in spe usque antehac attentus fuit, Ita, etc., Ter. And. 2, 1, 3 .--
c. 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.--
d. 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.--
e. 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 .--
f. 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. --
g. With interea: nam usque dum ille vitam colet Inopem ... Interea usque illi de me supplicium dabo, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 84 sqq.--
h. With donec: ibo odorans quasi canis venaticus Usque donec persecutus volpem ero vestigiis, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 114 . --
k. 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 .--
1. 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.--
m. With nunc (post-class.): nunc usque, to this day, Amm. 14, 2, 12
: usque nunc, Hier. Ep. 3, 87 .--
1. Of extent or degree, even to, quite
up to, or as far as.
a. 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 .--
b. 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.--
c. With adeo: undique totis Usque adeo turbatur agris, to so great an extent, Verg. E. 1, 12 .--
d. 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.--
2. 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 .--
3. 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. (Entry
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