I. 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.
A. With prepositions.
1. With ab: “qui a fundamento mihi usque movisti mare,” Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 55: “usque a mari supero Romam proficisci,” Cic. Clu. 68, 192: “ex omnibus spectaculis usque a Capitolio plausus excitatus,” id. Sest. 58, 124: “usque a rubro mari,” Nep. Hann. 2, 1.—Poet.: “Dardaniam Siculo prospexit ab usque Pachyno,” Verg. A. 7, 289 (sometimes as one word, v. abusque).—
3. 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).—
4. With in and acc.: “cum ad eum usque in Pamphyliam legatos misissent,” Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 35: “portūs usque in sinūs oppidis et ad urbis crepidines infusi,” id. Rep. 3, 31, 43.—
5. With trans: “trans Alpes usque transfertur,” Cic. Quint. 3, 12.—
2. 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.—
C. With acc. of the place whither, all the way to, as far as, to.
1. 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.—
2. 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.—
II. Meton.
A. Of time, all the time, continually, perpetually, all the while from or to a period, as long or as far as, until.
1. With prepositions.
a. With ab: “mihi magna cum eo jam inde usque a pueritiā Fuit semper familiaritas,” Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 9: “primus esses memoriter Progeniem nostram usque ab avo proferens,” id. Phorm. 2, 3, 48: “augures omnes usque a Romulo,” Cic. Vatin. 8, 20: “opinio jam usque ab heroicis ducta temporibus,” from as far back as the heroic ages, id. Div. 1, 1, 1: “usque a Thale Milesio,” id. N. D. 1, 33, 91: “bona paterna et avita et usque a nobis repetita,” id. Cael. 14, 34.—
b. With ad: “usque a mane ad vesperum,” Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 97: “a mane ad noctem usque in foro dego diem,” id. Most. 3, 1, 3: “inde usque ad diurnam stellam crastinam potabimus,” id. Men. 1, 2, 62; cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25: “ille nihil difficilius esse dicebat, quam amicitiam usque ad extremum vitae diem permanere,” id. Lael. 10, 33: “deinceps retro usque ad Romulum,” as far as, up to, id. Rep. 1, 37, 58.—
2. 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).—
3. With adverbs.
c. 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.—
d. 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.—
e. 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.—
f. 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. —
g. With interea: “nam usque dum ille vitam colet Inopem ... Interea usque illi de me supplicium dabo,” Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 84 sqq.—
h. With donec: “ibo odorans quasi canis venaticus Usque donec persecutus volpem ero vestigiis,” Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 114. —
k. 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.—
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.—
m. With nunc (post-class.): “nunc usque,” to this day, Amm. 14, 2, 12: “usque nunc,” Hier. Ep. 3, 87.—
B. In other relations.
1. Of extent or degree, even to, quite up to, or as far as.
a. 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.—
b. With ad: “usque ad ravim poscam,” Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 10: “usque ad necem,” Ter. And. 1, 2, 28: “hoc malum usque ad bestias perveniat,” Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 67: “usque ad eum finem, dum, etc.,” Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 16; v. dum: assenserunt consules designati, omnes etiam consulares usque ad Pompeium, up to, i. e. except Pompey, Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 20.—
d. 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.—
2. 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.—
3. 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.
