adverb
nuncubi
nuncubi (not comparable)
Classical[ˈnʊŋ.kʊ.bɪ]Ecclesiastical[ˈnuŋ.ku.bi]
Meaning
- not comparablerarewhether ... anywhere; there is not ... anywhere, is there?
nuncŭbī, adv. from num with -cubi,
I. anywhere? whether anywhere? (ante-class.):
nuncubi hic vides citrum, aut aurum? Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 4; 2, 5, 2.—* II. Transf., at any time? ever? nuncubi meam Benignitatem sensisti in te claudier? Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 83.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
(nuncubi) adv.
, see numcubi.
Origins
From num (“whether”) + cubī, early form of ubi (“where”). Compare alicubi, sīcubi.