English

Noun

usque ‎(plural usques)

1. (obsolete) whisky

Latin

Etymology

With us for ubs, from ubī, with locative s, and que for qued, old ablative case of quis. Confer ūsquam.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈuːs.kʷe/, [ˈuːs.kᶣɛ]

Adverb

ūsque ‎(not comparable)

1. all the way
2. until, up to (sometimes with "ad")
   • Ab ovo usque ad mala. —Horace

Descendants

• French: jusque
• Occitan: duscas

References

• usque in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• usque in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “usque”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the territory of this race extends as far as the Rhine: haec gens pertinet usque ad Rhenum
    
  • from beginning to end: ab ovo usque ad mala (proverb.)
    
• usque in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016