est ubi
Latin
Etymology
From est (“there is”) + ubi (“when, where”) referring to "time, opportunity".
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɛst ˈʊ.bɪ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛst̪ ˈuː.bi]
Verb
est ubi (present infinitive esse ubi, perfect active fuit ubi, future active participle futūrus ubi); irregular conjugation, suppletive, impersonal, no passive, no supine stem except in the future active participle, no gerund
- (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
Conjugation of est ubi (irregular conjugation, suppletive, impersonal, no passive, no supine stem except in the future active participle, no gerund)
| 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 | —1 | —1 | sit ubi, siet ubi, fuat ubi1 |
—1 | —1 | —1 | ||||||
| imperfect | — | — | esset ubi, foret ubi |
— | — | — | |||||||
| perfect | — | — | fuerit ubi | — | — | — | |||||||
| pluperfect | — | — | fuisset ubi | — | — | — | |||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | future | — | — | estō ubi | — | — | — | ||||||
| non-finite forms | infinitive | participle | |||||||||||
| active | passive | active | passive | ||||||||||
| present | esse ubi | — | — | — | |||||||||
| future | futūrum esse ubi, fore ubi |
— | futūrus ubi | — | |||||||||
| perfect | fuisse ubi | — | — | — | |||||||||
| perfect potential | futūrum fuisse ubi | — | — | — | |||||||||
1Old Latin or in poetry.
See also
- est cum