(adverb) : usquĕ, us- for ubs-, from ubi with locative s; and que for qued, old abl. of quis; v. Corss. Ausspr. 2, 471; 838; cf.: quisque, usquam.
* Lit., all the way to or from any limit of space, time, etc. (cf.: fine, tenus); of place, all the way, right on, without interruption, continuously, constantly.
* With prepositions.
* Meton.
* With adverbs of place: quod eos usque istinc exauditos putem,Cic. Att. 1, 14, 4.
* With ad: usque a Dianio ad Sinopen navigaverunt,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 34, § 87: ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum,id. Rosc. Com. 7, 20: usque ad Iconium,id. Fam. 3, 8, 4: ab Atticā ad Thessaliam usque,Plin. 4, 12, 21, § 63: usque ad Numantiam misit,Cic. Dejot. 7, 19: usque ad castra hostium accessit,Caes. B. G. 1, 51 (poet. and post-Aug. ad usque; often as one word, v. adusque).
* With acc. of the place whither, all the way to, as far as, to.
* With trans: trans Alpes usque transfertur,Cic. Quint. 3, 12.
* With sub and acc.: admōrunt oculis usque sub ora faces,Ov. Ib. 240 (236).
* Esp., with quaque (less correctly as one word, usquequaque; v. II. A. 3. e. and II. B. 3. infra), everywhere: non usque quaque idoneum invenias locum, ubi, etc., Afran. ap. Non. p. 518, 6 (Com. Rel. v. 198 Rib.): immo vero, quom usquequaque umbra'st, tamen Sol semper hic est,Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 79: mari terrāque illas usque quaque quaeritat,id. Poen. prol. 105: aut undique religionem tolle, aut usque quaque conserva,Cic. Phil. 2, 43, 110: effugere non est, Flacce, basiatores. Instant ... occurrunt, et hinc et illinc, usquequaque, quacunque,Mart. 11, 98, 3; cf.: QVAQVE VSQVE,Inscr. Grut. 611, 13.
* With names of towns (class.; acc. to Reisig. Vorles. p. 216, usque ad Numantiam means all the way to the town, i. e. to its walls or gates: usque Numantiam, all the way to or into it, implying entrance of the town; cf. the passages cited infra): theatrum ita resonans, ut usque Romam significationes vocesque referantur,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 14, § 42: Miletum usque? obsecro,Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 21.
* With other names than those of towns (post-Aug.): ab hac (sc. Siciliā) Cretam usque Siculum (mare) vocat,Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 75: imperium usque extremos Orientis terminos prolatum,Just. 7, 1, 4: terminos usque Libyae,id. 1, 1, 5: ab Atticā Thessaliam usque,Plin. 4, 12, 21, § 63: ab eo usque Jovem,id. 2, 22, 20, § 84: horrendus ab astris Descendit vos usque fragor,Stat. Th. 11, 89.
* Of time, all the time, continually, perpetually, all the while from or to a period, as long or as far as, until.
* With prepositions.
* In other relations.
* With acc. (post-Aug.): paucae, aegre se defen dentes, usque tempora Alexandri Magni duraverunt,Just. 2, 4, 32: a rege Romulo usque Caesarem Augustum,Flor. 1, prooem. 1.(al. usque in).
* With adverbs.
* With inde: pueritiae memoriam recordari ultimam, inde usque repetens, etc.,Cic. Arch. 1, 1.
* With adeo: usque adeo in periculo fuisse, quoad, etc.,Cic. Sest. 38, 82; cf. Cato, R. R. 67: instare usque adeo, donec se adjurat,Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 40; id. Rud. 3, 5, 32: usque adeo, dum, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 10, 3, 5; cf. Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 10 sub f. supra.
* With adhuc: quod occultatum'st usque adhuc nunc non potest,Plaut. Aul. 2, 3, 10: qui me tam leni passus animost usque adhuc facere, etc.,Ter. And. 1, 5, 27: cessatum usque adhuc est,until now, hitherto,id. Ad. 4, 4, 23: qui mos usque adhuc est retentus,Cic. Rep. 2, 20, 35: usque adhuc certe animum meum probastis,Suet. Dom. 18; v. adhuc, II. A.
* With eo: tamen usque eo se tenuit, quoad, etc.,Cic. Dejot. 4, 11: usque eo animadverti eum jocari,id. Rosc. Am. 22, 60; v. 2. eo, II. C.
* With quaque, continually, always: Chrusalus mihi usque quaque loquitur nec recte,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 83: usque quaque sapere oportet, Poët. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 1; so, usque quaque,Cat. 39, 2; Plin. Ep. 7, 20, 2; 1, 7, 5; Gell. 16, 3, 1: usquequaque, de hoc cum dicemus,whenever,Cic. Att. 4, 9, 1.— Opp. nusquam: atque hoc non alienum est, quod ad multa pertineat, ne aut nusquam aut usquequaque dicatur, hic admonere,Cic. Inv. 2, 21, 63.
* With dum: usque dum regnum optinebit Juppiter,Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 28: conplebo familiam adeo usque satietatem dum capiet pater, id. Am. 1, 2, 9: usque id egi dudum, dum loquitur pater,Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 30; Cato, R. R. 156: mihi quidem usque curae erit, quid agas, dum, quid egeris, sciero,Cic. Fam. 12, 19, 3; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 5, § 12; 2, 1, 6, § 16; Hor. C. 3, 30, 7; cf. dum, I. B. 1. b.
* With interea: nam usque dum ille vitam colet Inopem ... Interea usque illi de me supplicium dabo,Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 84 sqq.
* With donec: ibo odorans quasi canis venaticus Usque donec persecutus volpem ero vestigiis,Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 114.
* With quoad: usque illum, quoad ei nuntiatum esset consules descendisse, omnibus exclusis commentatum, etc.,Cic. Brut. 22, 87: dandum ordeum, usque quoad erunt lactentes,Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 12.
* With nunc (post-class.): nunc usque,to this day,Amm. 14, 2, 12: usque nunc,Hier. Ep. 3, 87.
* Of extent or degree, even to, quite up to, or as far as.
* Absol.: ego vapulando, ille verberando, usque ambo defessi sumus,Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 5 Fleck. (al. verberando usque, ambo: incerta est distinctio, Don. ad loc.): poenasque dedit usque superque (= usque eo quod satis esset),Hor. S. 1, 2, 65.
* Right on, always, without stop, continuously, constantly, incessantly: Ep. Ne abeas, priusquam ego ad te venero. Ap. Usque opperiar, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 122: Ctesipho me pugnis miserum Usque occidit,Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 20: an usque In nostrum jacies verba superba caput?Prop. 2, 8, 16: cantantes licet usque, minus via laedit, eamus,Verg. E. 9, 64; cf.: nec vidisse semel satis est, juvat usque morari,id. A. 6, 487: naturam expelles furcā, tamen usque recurret,Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 24.—Repeated: allatres licet usque nos et usque,Mart. 5, 60, 1: ergo, qui prius usque et usque et usque Furum scindere podices solebam,Auct. Priap. 78.
* Esp.: usque quāque (less correctly as one word, usquequaque), in every thing, on every occasion: nolite usque quaque idem quaerere,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 5, § 10: an hoc usque quaque, aliter in vitā?id. Fin. 5, 30, 91 Madv. ad loc.: et id usquequaque quantum sit appareat,in each particular,id. Or. 22, 73; Plin. Ep. 7, 12, 5: religionum usque quaque contemptor, praeter unius Deae Syriae,Suet. Ner. 56 init.
* With terminal adverbs: Anco regi familiaris est factus (sc. L. Tarquinius) usque eo, ut, etc.,Cic. Rep. 2, 20, 35; v. eo, under is fin.: usque quo non vis subici mihi?how long?Vulg. Exod. 10, 3; cf. quousque.