Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
amicus usque ad aras [ah-mee-koo s oo s-kwe ahd ah-rahs; English uh-mahy-kuh s uhs-kwee ad ey-ras, uh-mee-] Examples noun Latin.
- a friend to the last degree.
Examples from the Web for usque Historical Examples of usque
Siquidem in habitu sæculari, usque ad tempora provectioris ætatis constitutus, nil carminum aliquando didicerat.
Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Volume I (of 3)
Thomas Percy
Mons quem incoluerat Saturnius dictus: civitas quam depalaverat Saturnia usque nunc est.
The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended
Isaac Newton
Et jacebit a festo Sc Martini usque ad Pascha ad faldam domini sui, quotiens ei pertinebit.
Frederic Seebohm
A similar claim at Tr IV x 7-8 ‘usque a proauis uetus ordinis heres, / non modo fortunae munere factus eques’.
Ovid
Usque’s poem did not win the same popularity as two other elegiac histories of the same period.
Israel Abrahams