est ubi
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From est (“there is”) + ubi (“when, where”) referring to "time, opportunity".
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /est ˈu.bi/, [ɛs̠t̪ ˈʊbɪ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /est ˈu.bi/, [ɛst̪ ˈuːbi]
Verb
[edit]est ubi (present infinitive esse ubi, perfect active fuit ubi); irregular conjugation, irregular, impersonal, no passive, no supine stem except in the future active participle
- (idiomatic, non-present possibility) one day, sometime; once, there was a time when
- the play Pseudolus by T. Maccius Plautus (the text may be read here)
- Simo: Erit ubi tē ulcīscar, sī vīvō.
- Pseudolus: Quid minitāre? Habeō tergum.
- Simo: I'll get my revenge sometime, as true as I live.
- Pseudolus: Why threaten? I have a back (i.e. "flog me if you like").
- the play Pseudolus by T. Maccius Plautus (the text may be read here)
- (idiomatic, present possibility) sometimes
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of est ubi (highly irregular, suppletive, no supine stem except in the future active participle, impersonal, active only)
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | — | est ubi | — | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | erat ubi | — | — | — | |
| future | — | — | erit ubi | — | — | — | |
| perfect | — | — | fuit ubi | — | — | — | |
| pluperfect | — | — | fuerat ubi | — | — | — | |
| future perfect | — | — | fuerit ubi | — | — | — | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | — | sit ubi | — | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | esset ubi, foret ubi |
— | — | — | |
| perfect | — | — | fuerit ubi | — | — | — | |
| pluperfect | — | — | fuisset ubi | — | — | — | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| future | — | — | estō ubi | — | — | — | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | esse ubi | fuisse ubi | futūrum esse ubi, fore ubi |
— | — | — | |
| participles | — | — | futūrus ubi | — | — | — | |