LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adverb

undique

undique (not comparable)
Classical[ˈʊn.dɪ.kʷɛ]Ecclesiastical[ˈun.di.kʷe]
№ 686 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. not comparablefrom or on all sides; from every direction
    Id hōc facilius iīs persuāsit, quod undique locī natūrā Helvētiī continentur: […].He persuaded them of this more easily, because the Helvetii are confined on all sides by the nature of the terrain: […] .c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 1.2
  2. not comparableall over; all around, in every place, everywhere
    Postquam altum tenuēre ratēs, nec iam amplius ūllae“After [our] ships held the deep, now neither [was there] any more sight of land: the sky [was] all around [us], and everywhere the sea.” (An example of hyperbole or exaggeration in a figure of speech.)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 3.192–193
  3. not comparableutterly, completely
  4. not comparablefrom every point of view, in all respects

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

evocare undique copias
to call up troops from all sides.
omnium undique laudem colligere
to win golden opinions from every one.
undique expleta et perfecta forma
an ideal.
undique premi, urgeri (B. G. 2. 26)
to be pressed on all sides.
altissimis montibus undique contineri
to be shut in on all sides by very high mountains.

undĭquĕ,
I. adv. indef. [unde-que, prop. whencesoever; hence], from all parts, sides, or places, from every quarter, on all sides, on every part, everywhere: ut undique uno tempore in hostes impetus fieret, Caes. B. G. 1, 22: vicus altissimis montibus undique continetur, id. ib. 3, 1: cinctus periculis, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 11, 30: rebus undique collectis, arcessitis, comportatis, id. de Or. 3, 24, 92; cf.: carpere et colligere, id. ib. 1, 42, 191: carpere atque delibare, id. Sest. 56, 119: sic undique omni ratione concluditur, on all grounds, id. N. D. 2, 53, 132: omnes undique copiae conferuntur, id. Rep. 3, 17, 27: concurritur undique ad istum Syracusas, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 133: undique ad inferos tantumdem viae est, id. Tusc. 1, 43, 104: natura undique perfecta, id. Fin. 5, 9, 26; cf. id. ib. 5, 24, 69: omnes enim partes ejus (i. e. mundi) undique medium locum capessentes nituntur aequaliter, id. N. D. 2, 45, 115: delirus et amens Undique dicatur, Hor. S. 2, 3, 108: soluta ac velut labens undique toga, Quint. 11, 3, 147: undique omnes conisi hostem avertunt, Liv. 3, 63, 4: undique omnis copias contrahit, Curt. 3, 1, 10; Flor. 4, 2, 38.—
2. Utterly, entirely, completely, in all respects: aut undique religionem tolle aut usque quāque conserva, Cic. Phil. 2, 43, 110: vita undique referta bonis, id. Tusc. 5, 31, 86: nam quid fere undique placet? Quint. 1, 2, 15.—
II. Esp.
1. With gentium, in every quarter, in every part of the world: pacato undique gentium toto, quā patet, orbe terrarum, Edict. Aurelian. ap. Vop. Firm. 5.—
2. With laterum: canes rabidi et immanes undique laterum circumfusi, App. M. 8, p. 209, 11.—
3. With versus (versum): marinae aurae undique versus assidui flatus, Just. 44, 1, 10: cum Oceanus omnes terras omnifariam et undique versum circumfluat, Gell. 12, 13, 20; 7, 16, 6; App. Mag. p. 322, 22; Sol. 40 med.—
4. With secus: undique secus agris arentibus, Sol. 27, 46.

Origins

From unde + -que.

Quick answers

What does undique mean in Latin?
undique, a adverb, means “from or on all sides; from every direction; all over”.
How do you pronounce undique?
In classical Latin, [ˈʊn.dɪ.kʷɛ]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈun.di.kʷe].