LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adverb

adusque1

adusque (not comparable)
Classical[aˈdʊs.kʷɛ]Ecclesiastical[aˈdus.kʷe]

Meaning

  1. not comparablewholly, completely

ăd-usque, for usque ad (like abusque for usque ab); hence,
I. Prep. with acc., to, quite or even to, all the way to, as far as (rare, not used in Cic., and for the most part only in the poets of the Aug. per. (metri gratiā) and their imitators among later prose writers): adusque columnas, Verg. A. 11, 262: adusque Bari moenia piscosi, Hor. S. 1, 5, 96; 97; Gell. 15, 2.—
II. Adv., a strengthened form for usque, throughout, wholly, entirely: oriens tibi victus adusque qua, etc., Ov. M. 4, 20: adusque deraso capite, App. M. 2, p. 147 (cf. Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 7: attonsae hae quidem umbrae usque sunt), v. Hand, Turs. I. p. 189.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Latinadusque

Latin usque Latin adusque From ad (“to”) + usque (“all the way”).

preposition
adusque2
adusque (+ accusative)
Classical[aˈdʊs.kʷɛ]Ecclesiastical[aˈdus.kʷe]

Meaning

  1. with accusativeall the way to; as far as

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Latinadusque

Latin usque Latin adusque From ad (“to”) + usque (“all the way”).

Quick answers

What does adusque mean in Latin?
adusque, a adverb, means “wholly, completely”.
How do you pronounce adusque?
In classical Latin, [aˈdʊs.kʷɛ]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [aˈdus.kʷe].
Where does adusque come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd → Proto-Italic *ad → Latin adusque.