suum cuique
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsu.umˈkui̯.kʷe/, [ˈs̠uʊŋˈkʊi̯kʷɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsu.um ˈkuj.kwe/, [ˈsuːum ˈkujkwe]
Phrase
- (idiomatic) to each according to its own merits; to each his own
- Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 5.63
- Suum cuique pulchrum est.
- To each individual, his own creation is beautiful.
- Suum cuique tribuere.
- To give each its own.
- Suum cuique pulchrum est.
- Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 5.63
Synonyms
- unicuique suum
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