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
- suum cuique tribuere
- to give each its own
- c. 45 BCE, Cicero, Tusculan Disputations 5.63:
- Suum cuique pulchrum est.
- To each [individual], his own is beautiful.
- Suum cuique pulchrum est.
Synonyms
- unicuique suum
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