phrase
tū quoque
tū quoque, mī fīlī?
Classical[ˈtuː.kʷɔ.kʷɛ miːˈfiː.liː]Ecclesiastical[ˈtuː ˈkʷɔː.kʷe ˈmiː ˈfiː.li]
Meaning
- et tu, Brute? (expression of betrayal)
Origins
A variant translation, especially popular in French, of Ancient Greek καὶ σύ, τέκνον (kaì sú, téknon). The Greek is attributed to Caesar as his last words, but on no supporting evidence. Consists of tū (“thou, you (sg.)”), quoque (“also, too”), and the vocatives of meus (“my”) and fīlius (“son”).