susque deque
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From *subs ("up", compare sūrsum (“upwards”)) and dē (“down from”), literally translating to "both up and down".
Adverb[edit]
susque dēque (not comparable)
- with indifference
Usage notes[edit]
Found in the expressions susque dēque ferre, susque dēque habēre ("not to attribute importance to, to view with equanimity") and esse susque dēque ("not to matter")
References[edit]
- “susque dēque”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- susquĕ dēquĕ in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.