Usque is an English word. Below you'll find 5 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Usque in a sentence
Usque meaning
whisky
Using Usque
- The main meaning on this page is: whisky
- In the example corpus, usque often appears in combinations such as: usque in.
Context around Usque
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Usque
- In this selection, "usque" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, nostram, tendatur, mari and tandem stand out and add context to how "usque" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a mari usque ad mare and ad nostram usque ætatem councils. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "usque" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with usque
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The opening remarks are still widely remembered and used after 2000 years: Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? (19 words)
Ab initio Christianæ ibidem Religionis, ad nostram usque ætatem Councils, Decrees, Laws, Constitutions, Regarding the Churches of the Britannic Sphere. (20 words)
Similarly Canada 's motto "A mari usque ad mare" (from sea to sea) and most provincial mottos are also in Latin ( British Columbia 's is Splendor Sine Occasu (splendor without diminishment)). (31 words)
Adam of Bremen himself compared the sea with a belt, stating that it is so named because it stretches through the land as a belt (Balticus, eo quod in modum baltei longo tractu per Scithicas regiones tendatur usque in Greciam). (40 words)
The homage is then a separate issue, since, according to the chronicle of Thietmar, Mieszko actually paid tribute to the Emperor from the lands usque in Vurta fluvium (up to the Warta River). (33 words)
Similarly Canada 's motto "A mari usque ad mare" (from sea to sea) and most provincial mottos are also in Latin ( British Columbia 's is Splendor Sine Occasu (splendor without diminishment)). (31 words)
The opening remarks are still widely remembered and used after 2000 years: Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? (19 words)
Example sentences (5)
Ab initio Christianæ ibidem Religionis, ad nostram usque ætatem Councils, Decrees, Laws, Constitutions, Regarding the Churches of the Britannic Sphere.
Adam of Bremen himself compared the sea with a belt, stating that it is so named because it stretches through the land as a belt (Balticus, eo quod in modum baltei longo tractu per Scithicas regiones tendatur usque in Greciam).
Similarly Canada 's motto "A mari usque ad mare" (from sea to sea) and most provincial mottos are also in Latin ( British Columbia 's is Splendor Sine Occasu (splendor without diminishment)).
The homage is then a separate issue, since, according to the chronicle of Thietmar, Mieszko actually paid tribute to the Emperor from the lands usque in Vurta fluvium (up to the Warta River).
The opening remarks are still widely remembered and used after 2000 years: Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra?
Common combinations with usque
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- usque in 2×