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Marcĭus, a, the name of a Roman gens.

Ancus Marcius, the fourth king of Rome, Liv. 1, 32; Cic. Rep. 2, 18, 33; 2, 20, 35.—

L. Marcius,

a Roman knight, who commanded the army in Spain after the death of the Scipios, Liv. 25, 37 sq. —

Two brothers Marcii, Roman soothsayers in very ancient times, Cic. Div. 1, 40, 84; 1, 50, 115; 2, 55, 113.—In fem.: Marcĭa, a vestal virgin, Ascon. Cic. Mil. p. 46 Orell.—Hence,

Marcĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Marcius, Marcian: Marcia aqua, brought into Rome first by king Ancus Marcius, and afterwards by the prætor Q. Marcius Rex, Plin. 31, 3, 24, § 41;

called also: Marcius liquor,

Prop. 4, 1, 52:

umor,

id. 4, 22, 24:

lympha,

Tib. 3, 6, 58; and:

frigora,

Stat. S. 1, 5, 25: Marcius saltus, in Liguria, where the consul Q. Marcius suffered a defeat, Liv. 39, 20.—

Marcĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Marcius:

carmina,

of the soothsayer Marcius, Liv. 25, 12: foedus, made by L. Marcius with the inhabitants of Gades, Cic. Balb. 17, 39.—Silva Marciana, a mountain-range in western Germany, the Schwarzwald, Amm. 21, 8, 2.— Hence, adv.: Marcĭānē, in the manner of Marcius, Prisc. vol. 2, p. 528, 25 Hertz.

occĭpĭo, cēpi (coepi), eptum, 3 ( fut. perf. occepso for occepero, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 41; id. Cas. 5, 4, 22:

occepsit for occeperit,

id. As. 4, 1, 49), v. a. and n. [ob-capio], to begin, commence any thing (not in Cic. or Cæs.).

Act.:

nunc quod occepi, obsonatum pergam,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 154:

cantationem,

id. Stich. 5, 5, 19:

quaestum,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 52:

sermonem cum aliquo,

id. Eun. 4, 1, 8:

magistratum,

to enter upon, Tac. A. 3, 2; 6, 45; Liv. 3, 19; 4, 37.— Pass.:

istuc quicquid est, quā hoc occeptum est causā, loquere,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 36; Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 49.—

With inf.:

ne aliam rem occipiat loqui,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 35:

agere armentum,

Liv. 1, 7:

concubia vexillum flagitare occipiunt,

Tac. A. 1, 39; id. H. 2, 16.— Pass.:

(fabula) occepta est agi,

Ter. Eun. prol. 22.—

Neutr., to begin, commence.

In gen.:

a meridie nebula occipiebat,

Liv. 29, 27, 6 Hertz (Weissenb. excepit):

modo dolores occipiunt primulum,

Ter. Ad. 3, 1, 2:

hiems,

Tac. A. 12, 12:

juventas occipit puero,

Lucr. 5, 889.—

Esp., in formula, ita ut occepi, in resuming a discourse or topic after an interruption:

ita ut occepi, si animum advortas, dicam,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 52 Brix ad loc.; id. Stich. 4, 2, 1; id. Curc. 1, 1, 43 al.

ū̆trum, adv. [uter].

Introducing an alternative question (direct or indirect), with an beginning the second clause (v. an); in Engl. represented in direct questions simply by the tone of voice, and in indirect questions by whether.

In a direct interrogation.

With ne,

Attached to the emphatic word of the first clause:

utrum tu masne an femina es?

Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 16: Ba. Simulato me amare. Pi. Utrum ego istoc jocon' assimulem, an serio, id. Bacch. 1, 1, 42:

utrum studione id sibi habet an laudi putat Fore?

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 28:

utrum igitur tandem perspicuisne dubia aperiuntur an dubiis perspicua tolluntur?

Cic. Fin. 4, 24, 67:

utrum censes illum tuamne de se orationem libentius auditurum fuisse an meam?

id. ib. 2, 19, 60.—

With ne attached to utrum, utrumne... an ( poet. and post-Aug.): utrumne jussi persequemur otium... An hunc laborem, etc. Hor. Epod. 1, 7:

utrumne salvum eum nolet orator, an? etc.,

Quint. 12, 1, 40:

utrumne igitur ego sum, Domiti, exemplo gravis an tu, qui, etc.,

Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 4.—

With ne repeated in place of an (very rare): sed utrum terraene motus, sonitusne inferum Pervasit auris? Att. ap. Prisc. 6, p. 680 P. (Trag. Rel. v. 479 Rib.).—

Without ne, utrum... an (class.):

utrum pro ancillā me habes, an pro filiā?

Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 13:

utrum hac me feriam, an ab laevā, latus?

id. Cist. 3, 13:

sed utrum nunc tu coelibem ted esse mavis liberum, an maritum servom, etc.,

id. Cas. 2, 4, 11:

utrum pro dimidiā parte, an pro totā societate? Utrum pro me an pro me et pro te?

Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 32:

utrum ea vestra an nostra culpa est?

id. Ac. 2, 29, 95; id. Tusc. 1, 25, 61.—

In an indirect interrogation.

With ne attached,

To the emphatic word of the first clause: sed utrum strictimne attonsurum dicam esse an per pectinem Nescio, Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 18:

videndum'st primum utrum eae velintne an non velint,

id. Most. 3, 1, 151:

cum animo depugnat suo, Utrum itane esse ma. velit... an ita potius,

id. Trin. 2, 2, 26; id. Ps. 2, 4, 19; id. Bacch. 3, 4, 1: de istac rogas Virgine? Py. Ita, utrum praedicemne an taceam? Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 53:

ea res nunc in discrimine versatur, utrum possitne se parsimonia defendere, an, etc.,

Cic. Quint. 30, 92:

videamus, utrum ea fortuitane sint an eo statu, quo, etc.,

id. N. D. 2, 34, 87; id. Phil. 2, 12, 30; cf.:

est... illa distinctio, utrum... an... et utrum illudne... an, etc.,

id. Tusc. 4, 27, 59.—

With ne attached to utrum; utrumne... an ( poet. and post-Aug.):

nec quidquam differre utrumne in pulvere... ludas opus, an meretricis amore Sollicitus plores,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 251:

utrumne Divitiis homines an sint virtute beati,

id. ib. 2, 6, 73:

in eo plures dissenserunt, utrumne hae partes essent rhetorices, an ejusdem opera, an elementa,

Quint. 3, 3, 13:

Dareus dubitaverat utrumne circa Mesopotamiam subsisteret, an interiora regna sui peteret,

Curt. 4, 9, 1; Col. 11, 1, 50; Suet. Caes. 80; Tac. Or. 37.—

With ne attached to an; utrum... anne:

me jussit percontarier utrum aurum reddat anne eat secum simul,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 1, 4:

est quaerendumque utrum una species sit earum anne plures,

Cic. Or. 61, 206:

id autem utrum illi sentiant anne simulent, tu intelleges,

id. Att. 12, 51, 2; cf. uter, I. B. 4, fin. —

Without ne:

quid tu, malum, curas, Utrum crudum an coctum edim,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 16:

facite indicium, utrum hac an illac iter institerit,

id. Cist. 4, 2, 11:

utrum stultitiā facere ego hunc an malitiā Dicam, incertus sum,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 54:

id utrum Romano more locutus sit, an, quomodo Stoici dicunt, postea videro,

Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 3:

permultum interest, utrum perturbatione aliquā animi, an consulto fiat injuria,

id. Off. 1, 8, 27:

quid interest utrum hoc feceris, an, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 75, § 174; id. Rosc. Com. 3, 9:

multum interest, utrum laus imminuatur, an salus deseratur,

id. Fam. 1, 7, 8: quomodo transierit, utrum rate an piscatorio navigio, nemo sciebat, Cael. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 41; Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8; Cat. 17, 21.—

With necne (rarely ne) in place of the second clause with an; utrum... necne, whether... or not:

jam dudum ego erro, qui quaeram, utrum emeris necne,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 35:

di utrum sint necne sint quaeritur,

id. N. D. 3, 7, 17:

utrum proelium committi ex usu esset necne,

Caes. B. G. 1, 50: deliberent, utrum traiciant legiones necne... et Brutum arcessant necne, et mihi stipendium dent an decernant, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 26; Liv. 39, 48, 2.—So, utrum... ne:

cum interrogaretur, utrum pluris patrem matremne faceret? matrem inquit,

Nep. Iphic. 3, 4.—

Introducing a disjunctive question with more than two members, with an beginning each clause after the first.

A direct question:

utrum hoc tu parum commeministi, an ego non satis intellexi, an mutasti sententiam?

Cic. Att. 9, 2:

utrum hoc signum cupiditatis tuae an tropaeum necessitudinis an amoris indicium esse voluisti?

id. Verr. 2, 2, 47, § 115; 2, 3, 36, § 83:

utrum hostem an vos an fortunam utriusque populi ignoratis?

Liv. 21, 10, 6; 6, 7, 3:

utrum major... an majores... an aetas... an cum Karthaginiensi, etc.,

id. 28, 43, 12.—

An indirect question:

in quo (convivio) nemo potest dicere utrum ille plus biberit an vomuerit an effuderit,

Cic. Pis. 10, 22:

utrum admonitus an temptatus an sine duce ullo... nescio,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105.—

Introducing a single question without an expressed alternative (cf. the similar use of an).

In a direct interrogation:

utrum enim in clarissimis est civibus is, quem judicatum hic duxit Hermippus?

Cic. Fl. 19, 45:

utrum igitur hactenus satis est?

id. Top. 4, 25:

utrum majores vestri omnium magnarum rerum et principia exorti ab diis sunt et finem eum statuerunt?

Liv. 45, 39, 10.—

In an indirect interrogation:

neque utrum ex hoc saltu damni salvum scio eliciam foras,

Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 30:

an hoc dicere audebis, utrum de te aratores, utrum denique Siculi universi bene existiment, ad rem id non pertinere?

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 167: [p. 1949] Nep. Eum. 6, 1.—With the interrog. particle nam:

cum percontatus esset, utrumnam Patris universa classis in portu stare posset,

Liv. 37, 17, 10 dub. Weissenb. ad loc. (Hertz and Madv. possetne).