suum cuique

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.umˈkui̯.kʷe/, [ˈs̠uʊŋˈkʊi̯kʷɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.um ˈkuj.kwe/, [ˈsuːum ˈkujkwe]

Phrase

suum cuique

1. (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.

Synonyms

• unicuique suum