adverb
ubivīs
ubivīs (not comparable)
Meaning
- not comparableanywhere, everywhere
ŭbĭ-vīs, adv. volo,
I. where you will, be it where it may, wherever it may be, anywhere, everywhere:
nemo sit, quin ubivis, quam ibi, ubi est, esse malit, Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 1: qui mihi videntur ubivis tutius quam in senatu fore, id. Att. 14, 22, 2: ubivis facilius passus sim, quam in hac re, me deludier, in any thing, Ter. And. 1, 2, 32: nec recitem cuiquam, nisi amicis, idque coactus, Non ubivis coramve quibuslibet, Hor. S. 1, 4, 74.—With gentium: quanto fuerat praestabilius, ubivis gentium agere aetatem, i. e. anywhere in the world, Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 4.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ubivīs adv.
ubi+2d pers. sing. of volo, where you will, be it where it may, wherever it may be, anywhere, everywhere : nemo sit, quin ubivis, quam ibi, ubi est, esse malit: recito Non ubivis coramve quibuslibet, H.: ubivis gentium agere aetatem, i. e. anywhere in the world , T.— In any thing whatever, in what you will : Ubivis facilius passus sim, quam in hac re, me deludier, T.
Origins
- Proto-Italic*kʷuðei
- Old Latincubī
- Latinubivīs
Latin vīs Latin ubivīs From ubi (“where”) + vīs (“you want”).