Latin adverb
usque
usque is a Latin adverb. In the 3 analysed lines it was read in, it means “continually” (once), “long” (once) and “up” (once).
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from usque to the words it goes with.
Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra?
How long, pray tell, Catiline, will you abuse our patience?
usque: tells how or when about abutere.
Id ego iusiurandum patri datum usque ad hanc aetatem ita conservavi, ut nemini dubium esse…
I have so preserved that oath given to my father up to this age, that it ought to be doubtful to no one that I will be of the same mind for the remaining time.”
usque: tells how or when about ad.
…deinde centum, dein mille altera, dein secunda centum, deinde usque altera mille, deinde centum, dein, cum milia multa fecerimus…
Give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred, then another thousand, then a second hundred, then continually another thousand, then a hundred, then, when we have made many thousands, we will mix them up, lest we know, or lest any evil person be able to envy, when he knows there are so many kisses.
usque: tells how or when about altera.
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| usque | Adverb | 3 |
Words it goes with
Joined to usque by an arc in these lines, most often first.