ubi suntn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌʊbɪ ˈsʊnt/, U.S.

/ˌʊbi ˈsʊnt/

Forms: also with capital initial(s).

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ubi sunt.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin ubi sunt, literally ‘where are’, as part of the characteristic wording of a literary topos employed in many medieval poems < classical Latin ubi where (see ubi n.) + sunt they are, 3rd plural present indicative of esse to be (see be v.).Latin poems employing ubi sunt for rhetorical effect in passages reflecting on the mutability of things and the transitoriness of human life are found from at least the 8th cent.

Literary Criticism.

A. n.

A passage or formula in a poem or other work of literature, usually beginning with ‘where are—’, lamenting the mutability of things, the transitoriness of life and beauty, or the loss or death of particular individuals; a poem of this nature. Also: the motif of such loss or mutability. Originally referring to passages in medieval Latin poems beginning with ‘ubi sunt’ (see etymology).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > passage

strain1563

ranna1849

ubi sunt1893

1893 Mod. Lang. Notes 8 94/1 The occurrence of the elegiac formula or motive ubi sunt in the academic song ‘Gaudeamus’.

1907 Mod. Philol. 5 10 The best-known and, in a literary way, the most effective form of this lyric is the Ubi Sunt,..in which the writer inquires where the great and famous of the world are all gone.

1957 J. A. W. Bennett Parlement of Foules (1965) ii. 101 Thomas of Hales begins his thirteenth-century Ubi Sunt with ‘Where is Paris and Heleyne’.

1972 R. K. Morris Continuance & Change v. 107 Snow rightly shies from such set pieces on ubi sunt and mutability that mar Durrell's Quartet.

2004 A. Ginger in H. Gaskill Reception of Ossian in Europe xvii. 340 The poet utters his ubi sunt, ‘Where are you, Ossian?’

B. adj. (attributive).

Relating to or of the nature of such a formula, poem, motif, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [adjective] > specific theme or mood

ubi sunt1893

1893 Mod. Lang. Notes 8 94/1 Creiznach takes the ubi sunt formula to be a common possession of the mediaeval Latin poets.

1894 F. B. Gummere Old Eng. Ballads p. xiii The measureless distance which separates verse of this sort from the Ubi sunt strain of medieval poetry.

1914 B. C. Williams Gnomic Poetry in Anglo-Saxon 45 The ubi sunt motivation is an old one, perhaps of equal age with riddle, charm, and spell.

1957 N. Frye Anat. Crit. 160 Themes of..the wheel of fortune in social affairs, of the ubi sunt elegy.

1977 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Feb. 224/4 The ubi sunt motif (‘where are Caesar and Alexander [now]?’).

1986 W. D. Paden et al. Poems Troubadour B. de Born xlii. 422 His complaint..should..be seen in the ubi sunt tradition.

2002 Narrative 10 147 His memories take the form of an ubi sunt lament not just for people but for things.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ubi sunt
释义	ubi suntn.adj. Brit. /ˌʊbɪ ˈsʊnt/, U.S. /ˌʊbi ˈsʊnt/ Forms: also with capital initial(s). Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ubi sunt. Etymology: < post-classical Latin ubi sunt, literally ‘where are’, as part of the characteristic wording of a literary topos employed in many medieval poems < classical Latin ubi where (see ubi n.) + sunt they are, 3rd plural present indicative of esse to be (see be v.).Latin poems employing ubi sunt for rhetorical effect in passages reflecting on the mutability of things and the transitoriness of human life are found from at least the 8th cent. Literary Criticism. A. n. A passage or formula in a poem or other work of literature, usually beginning with ‘where are—’, lamenting the mutability of things, the transitoriness of life and beauty, or the loss or death of particular individuals; a poem of this nature. Also: the motif of such loss or mutability. Originally referring to passages in medieval Latin poems beginning with ‘ubi sunt’ (see etymology). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > passage strain1563 ranna1849 ubi sunt1893 1893 Mod. Lang. Notes 8 94/1 The occurrence of the elegiac formula or motive ubi sunt in the academic song ‘Gaudeamus’. 1907 Mod. Philol. 5 10 The best-known and, in a literary way, the most effective form of this lyric is the Ubi Sunt,..in which the writer inquires where the great and famous of the world are all gone. 1957 J. A. W. Bennett Parlement of Foules (1965) ii. 101 Thomas of Hales begins his thirteenth-century Ubi Sunt with ‘Where is Paris and Heleyne’. 1972 R. K. Morris Continuance & Change v. 107 Snow rightly shies from such set pieces on ubi sunt and mutability that mar Durrell's Quartet. 2004 A. Ginger in H. Gaskill Reception of Ossian in Europe xvii. 340 The poet utters his ubi sunt, ‘Where are you, Ossian?’ B. adj. (attributive). Relating to or of the nature of such a formula, poem, motif, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [adjective] > specific theme or mood ubi sunt1893 1893 Mod. Lang. Notes 8 94/1 Creiznach takes the ubi sunt formula to be a common possession of the mediaeval Latin poets. 1894 F. B. Gummere Old Eng. Ballads p. xiii The measureless distance which separates verse of this sort from the Ubi sunt strain of medieval poetry. 1914 B. C. Williams Gnomic Poetry in Anglo-Saxon 45 The ubi sunt motivation is an old one, perhaps of equal age with riddle, charm, and spell. 1957 N. Frye Anat. Crit. 160 Themes of..the wheel of fortune in social affairs, of the ubi sunt elegy. 1977 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Feb. 224/4 The ubi sunt motif (‘where are Caesar and Alexander [now]?’). 1986 W. D. Paden et al. Poems Troubadour B. de Born xlii. 422 His complaint..should..be seen in the ubi sunt tradition. 2002 Narrative 10 147 His memories take the form of an ubi sunt lament not just for people but for things. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1893
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