(pendere)

tergum, i ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose also tergus, ŏris), n. ( masc.:

familiarem tergum,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 53; cf. Non. 227, 23) [cf. Gr. trachêlos, neck; perh. root trechô, to run], the back of men or beasts (syn. dor sum).

Lit.

Form tergum:

dabitur pol supplicium mihi de tergo vestre,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 75:

vae illis virgis miseris quae hodie in tergo morientur meo,

id. Capt 3, 4, 117: manibus ad tergum rejectis, Asin ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3:

boum terga,

id. N D. 2, 63, 159; cf. tergo poenae pendere Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 6:

tergo ac capite puniri, Liv 3, 55, 14.—Of cranes eaeque in tergo praevolantium Colla reponunt,

Cic. N. D. 2 49, 125. —

Of the dolphin, Ov F 2, 113.— Of the crocodile: ejus terga cataphracta,

Amm. 22, 15, 16.—

Form tergus aurea quam molli tergore vexit ovis, Prop. 2, 26 (3, 21), 6:

ut equa facilem sui tergoris ascensum praebeat,

Col. 6, 37, 10.—

Transf.

The back or hinder part, the back, rear,

Esp. in the phrases terga vertere or dare, to turn the back, pregn., for to take to flight, to flee: omnes hostes terga verterunt;

neque prius fugere destiterunt, quam, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 53; so,

terga vertere,

id. ib. 3, 19; 3, 21; id. B. C. 3, 63;

and even of a single person: terga vertit,

Sen. Ep. 22, 7:

qui plures simul terga dederant, etc., Liv 22, 29, 5: terga dare,

id. 36, 38, 4:

inter duas acies Etrusci, cum in vicem his atque illis terga darent,

id. 2, 51, 9; Ov. M. 13, 224:

terga fugae praebere,

id. ib. 10, 706:

terga praestare (fugae),

Tac. Agr 37; Juv. 15, 75. — Trop. jam felicior aetas Terga dedit, tremuloque gradu venit aegra senectus, Ov M. 14, 143.—

In gen.:

inflexo mox dare terga genu,

i. e. yield to the burden, Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 6: praebere Phoebo [p. 1859] terga, to sun itself, Ov. M. 4, 715:

concurrit ex insidiis versisque in Lucretium Etruscis terga caedit,

the rear, Liv. 2, 11, 9; Flor. 4, 12, 7:

terga Parthorum dicam,

the flight, Ov. A. A. 1, 209:

terga collis,

Liv. 25, 15, 12; cf.:

terga vincentium,

Tac. Agr. 37:

summi plena jam margine libri Scriptus et in tergo necdum finitus Orestes,

written on the back, Juv. 1, 6:

retro atque a tergo,

behind one, Cic. Div. 1, 24, 49; cf.:

a tergo, a fronte, a lateribus tenebitur,

id. Phil. 3, 13, 32:

ut a tergo Milonem adorirentur,

behind, id. Mil. 10, 29; 21, 56; id. Verr 2, 5, 38, § 98:

tumultum hostilem a tergo accepit,

Sall. J. 58, 4; Caes. B. G 7, 87; Curt. 3, 1, 19; 3, 8, 27; 8, 5, 1:

post tergum hostium legionem ostenderunt,

Caes. B. G. 7, 62:

ne nostros post tergum adorirentur,

id. B. C. 3, 44:

Germani post tergum clamore audito,

id. B. G. 4, 15:

post tergum hostem relinquere,

id. ib. 4, 22:

qui jam post terga reliquit Sexaginta annos,

has left behind him, has passed, Juv. 13, 16:

omnia jam diutino bello exhausta post tergum sunt,

Curt. 4, 14, 11:

omnia, quae post tergum erant, strata,

id. 3, 10, 7:

tot amnibus montibusque post tergum objectis,

id. 4, 13, 7.—

The back of any thing spread out horizontally, as land or water, i. e. the surface ( poet.):

proscisso quae suscitat aequore terga,

Verg. G. 1, 97:

crassa,

id. ib. 2, 236:

amnis,

Ov. P. 1, 2, 82; Claud. B. G. 338; Luc. 5, 564; 9, 341.—

(Pars pro toto.) The body of an animal ( poet.).

Form tergum:

(serpens) Squamea convolvens sublato pectore terga,

Verg. G. 3, 426;

so of a serpent,

id. A. 2, 208; Petr 89;

of Cerberus,

Verg. A. 6, 422:

horrentia centum Terga suum,

i. e. a hundred head of swine, id. ib. 1, 635:

nigrantis terga juvencos,

id. ib. 6, 243:

perpetui tergo bovis,

id. ib. 8, 183.—

Form tergus:

resecat de tergore (suis) partem,

of a chine of bacon, Ov. M. 8, 649:

diviso tergore (juvenci),

Phaedr. 2, 1, 11:

squalenti tergore serpens,

Sil. 3, 209.—

The covering of the back, the skin, hide, leather, etc. (in this signif. tergus freq. occurs; syn.: pellis, corium).

Form tergum:

taurino quantum possent circumdare tergo,

ox-hide, Verg. A. 1, 368:

ferre novae nares taurorum terga recusant,

Ov. A. A. 2, 655.—

Form tergus:

tergora deripiunt costis et viscera nudant,

Verg. A. 1, 211; so Cels. 7, 25, 1; 8, 1 med.:

durissimum dorso tergus,

Plin. 8, 10, 10, § 30; cf. id. 9, 35, 53, § 105; Col. 7, 4 fin. —

Transf., a thing made of hide or leather.

Form tergum: venti bovis inclusi tergo, i. e. in a bag made of a bull ' s hide, Ov. M. 14, 225; 15, 305:

et feriunt molles taurea terga manus,

i. e. tymbals, id. F. 4, 342; so id. ib. 4, 212:

Idae terga,

Stat. Th. 8, 221:

pulsant terga,

id. Achill. 2, 154: rupit Terga novena boum, i. e. the nine thicknesses of bull ' s hide, Ov. M. 12, 97:

tergum Sulmonis,

Verg. A. 9, 412; 10, 482; 10, 718;

hence even: per linea terga (scuti),

id. ib. 10, 784 (v. the passage in connection):

duroque intendere bracchia tergo, i. e. cestus,

id. ib. 5, 403; so id. ib. 5, 419.—

Form tergus:

gestasset laevā taurorum tergora septem,

a shield covered with seven layers of hide, Ov. M. 13, 347:

Martis tergus Geticum,

Mart. 7, 2, 2.

testĭmōnĭum, ii, n. [testor], witness, evidence, attestation, testimony (oral or written):

qui falsas lites falsis testimoniis Petunt,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 13:

testimonii dictio,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 63:

quorum egregiam fuisse virtutem testimonio Ciceronis cognoverat,

Caes. B. G. 5, 52:

testimonium in aliquem dicere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 36, 102;

testimonium dicere de conjuratione,

id. Sull. 30, 83:

testimonium dicere contra deos,

id. N. D. 3, 34, 83; cf.:

dicere aliquid pro testimonio,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 19; Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 101; 36, 102; id. Verr. 2, 1, 5, § 14:

testimonium impertire,

id. Fam. 5, 12, 7:

Bruttiano justissimum integritatis testimonium redditum,

Plin. Ep. 6, 22, 6: licet iis testimonium reddere industriae, Quint. 11, 1, 88:

Publio tuo neque operā... neque testimonio defui,

Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 2:

legite testimonia testium vestrorum,

id. Mil. 17, 46: testimonia recitare, Hadrian. in Dig. 22, 5, 3, § 4; so,

falsi testes, falsa signa testimoniaque et indicia ex eādem officinā exibant,

Liv. 39, 8, 7:

vocare aliquem ad testimonium,

Varr. R. R. 1, 4 fin.:

citare ad testimonium,

Petr. 2:

in testimonium citare,

Macr. S. 1, 4:

ovis damnata falso testimonio,

Phaedr. 1, 17, 6.—

Transf., that which serves as proof of any thing, proof, evidence:

hoc interest inter exemplum et testimonium: exemplo demonstratur, id quod dicimus cujusmodi sit: testimonio, esse illud ita, ut nos dicimus, confirmatur,

Auct. Her. 4, 3, 5:

testimoniorum quae sunt genera? Divinum et humanum: divinum, ut oracula, ut auspicia, ut vaticinationes et responsa sacerdotum, haruspicum, conjectorum: humanum, quod spectatur ex auctoritate et ex voluntate et ex oratione aut liberā aut expressā: in quo insunt scripta, pacta, promissa, jurata, quaesita,

Cic. Part. Or. 2, 6:

dare testimonium sui judicii,

id. Leg. 3, 1, 1; so,

laudum suarum,

id. Lael. 26, 98:

laboris sui periculique afferre,

Caes. B. C. 3, 53:

ejus rei testimonium esse, quod, etc.,

id. B. G. 1, 44; cf.:

ejus rei ipsa verba formulae testimonio sunt,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 4, 11:

cui rei mors indigna Palamedis testimonium dat,

Auct. Her. 2, 19, 28: quod testimonio sit, non ex verbis aptum pendere jus, sed, etc. Cic. Caecin. 18, 52:

postquam, quae voluerat, dixerat, testimonii loco librum tradidit,

Nep. Lys. 4, 3:

testimonio sunt clarissimi poëtae,

Quint. 1, 10, 10:

arca testimonii,

Vulg. Exod. 25, 22; 40, 5 et saep.

trĭbŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. [tribus], to assign, impart, allot, bestow, give, etc. (syn.: do, dono, largior).

Lit.:

ut ei plurimum tribuamus, a quo plurimum deligimur,

Cic. Off. 1, 15, 47:

in tribuendo suum cuique,

id. ib. 1, 5, 14:

si uni omnia tribuenda sint,

id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 52:

praemia alicui,

Caes. B. C. 3, 4; 2, 21; Hirt. B. G. 8, 46:

cujus sceleribus tanta praemia tribuistis,

Sall. H. 1, 18, 4 Dietsch:

dona nulli,

Ov. M. 9, 402; Phaedr. 1, 5, 8:

beneficia,

Nep. Att. 11, 5:

pretium aedium Aurelio,

Tac. A. 1, 75:

pecunias ex modo detrimenti,

to deal out, allot, id. ib. 4, 64. —

Trop.

In gen., to grant, give, show, pay, render:

misericordiam fortissimo viro,

Cic. Mil. 34, 92; so,

veniam alicui,

Tac. A. 12, 40:

inventoribus gratiam,

Cic. Fin. 4, 5, 13:

silentium orationi alicujus,

id. Cael. 12, 29:

quod tantum dignitatis civitati Aeduae tribuerat,

Caes. B. G. 5, 7; cf.:

sibi honorem,

id. ib. 7, 20:

mulieri honorem,

Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 44:

tibi turis honorem,

Ov. M. 14, 128:

vocabula monti,

id. ib. 14, 621:

salutem mihi,

id. H. 15 (16), 2:

parem voluntatem paribus beneficiis,

Caes. B. C. 1, 35:

pacem terris,

Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 44; Luc. 4, 358 et saep. —

In partic.

Pregn., to grant, yield, give up, concede, allow something to a person or thing (syn. concedo):

si sit quispiam, qui aliquid tribuat voluptati,

Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106:

valetudini aliquid,

id. Tusc. 1, 49, 119:

observantiam officio, non timori neque spei,

Nep. Att. 6, 5:

hoc matris precibus,

Ov. A. A. 1, 689:

aliquid rei publicae et amicitiae,

Caes. B. G. 6, 1: ego tantum tibi tribuo, quantum mihi fortasse arrogo, I yield or concede as much to you, have as high an opinion of you, Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 2:

cum senatus impediretur quo minus, id quod hostibus semper erat tributum, responsum equitibus Romanis redderetur,

id. Planc. 14, 34; cf.:

gratissimum mihi feceris, si huic commendationi meae tantum tribueris quantum cui tribuisti plurimum,

id. ib. 13, 22, 2; and:

nusquam tantum tribuitur aetati (quam Lacedaemone),

id. Sen. 18, 63:

mihi tribuebat omnia,

gave me the preference in all things, deferred in every thing to me, id. Brut. 51, 190.— Absol.:

cum universo ordini publicanorum semper libentissime tribuerim,

Cic. Fam. 13, 9, 2:

quos ne nominatim tradam, majoribus eorum tribuendum puto,

Tac. A. 14, 14 fin.:

tribus in generibus rerum versari rhetoris officium... demonstrativum est, quod tribuitur in alicujus certae personae laudem aut vituperationem,

Cic. Inv. 1, 5, 7. —

To ascribe, assign, attribute a thing to a person or thing as the cause:

aliquid virtuti hostium,

Caes. B. G. 7, 53:

aliquid juri potius quam suae culpae,

id. B. C. 3, 73:

id tribuite vestrae culpae,

Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48:

aliquid ignaviae,

Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 3:

miseriae nostrae potius quam inconstantiae tribuere quod, etc.,

id. Att. 3, 4 init. —

To set store by, with magnopere, multum, etc., to make much of:

quibus ille secundum fratrem plurimum tribuebat,

Cic. Ac. 2, 4, 12:

ne ob eam rem suae magnopere virtuti tribueret,

Caes. B. G. 1, 13.—

To divide, distribute (syn. dispertio):

rem universam in partes,

Cic. Brut. 41, 152; id. Or. 4, 16:

secundus (locus) in tempora tribuitur,

id. Inv. 1, 55, 107:

omnem vim loquendi in duas partes,

id. Fin. 2, 6, 17.—

Of time, to bestow or spend upon, devote to a thing:

comitiis omnibus perficiundis XI. dies tribuit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 2:

his rebus tantum temporis tribuit,

id. ib. 3, 78:

reliqua tempora litteris,

Nep. Att. 4, 3; id. Hann. 13, 2.—Hence, trĭbūtum, i, n., a stated payment, a contribution, tribute.

Lit. (class.):

in capita singula servorum et liberorum tributum imponebatur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 32:

a se intolerabilia tributa exigi,

Cic. Fam. 3, 7, 3:

omnes Siculi ex censu quotannis tributa conferunt,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 131:

tributa pendere,

Caes. B. G. 6, 14:

ceram in tributa praestare,

Plin. 21, 13, 45, § 77:

civitates tributis liberare,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 2:

tributo populo indicto,

Liv. 4, 60, 4:

imperare,

id. 23, 31, 1; 23, 48, 8; Tac. A. 2, 47; 4, 71; id. G. 43; Mart. 7, 54, 8; Val. Max. 4, 3, 8; 8, 3, 3.—In the ante-class. collat. form trĭbūtus, i, m.: cum tributus exigeretur, Cato ap. Non. 229, 11:

tributus cum imperatus est,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 43 sq. —

Transf.

A contribution made for any private purpose (jurid. Lat.), Dig. 14, 2, 2; 14, 2, 4; 14, 4, 5.—

A gift, present ( poet.):

Saturnalicium,

Mart. 10, 17, 1:

praestare tributa clientes cogimur,

Juv. 3, 188; Stat. S. 1, 4, 86.

ūsūra, ae, f. [utor], a using, use, or enjoyment of a thing (class.).

In gen.: solis usura, Att. ap. Non. 231, 4:

hujus lucis,

Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 48:

unius horae,

id. Cat. 1, 12, 29:

parva exigui temporis,

id. Agr. 3, 1, 2:

longi temporis,

id. Fam. 3, 1, 1:

vitae,

id. Tusc. 1, 39, 93: corporis, Plaut Am. prol. 108; cf. id. Trin. 1, 2, 144 gloriae, Vell. 2, 34, 2.—

In partic., in mercantile lang., a use of money lent:

ab aliquo pecuniam pro usurā auferre,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 72, § 168.—

Meton., interest paid for the use of money, usury (reckoned by the month among the Romans; cf.

fenus): lex, ut sexenni die sine usuris creditae pecuniae solvantur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 21:

alicui usuram pendere,

Cic. Att. 12, 22, 3:

usuras dare, accipere,

Dig. 22, 1, 17:

usuram perscribere,

Cic. Att. 9, 12, 3 minuere, Plin. Ep. 10, 62, 2:

vorax,

Luc. 1, 181:

certare cum usuris fructibus praediorum,

i. e. to spend the whole income of their estates in paying interest, Cic. Cat. 2, 8, 18:

neque aes alienum patiebatur multiplicandis usuris crescere,

Nep. Att. 2, 5:

usura plurium annorum,

Plin. Ep. 6, 8, 5: debitor usuram pariter sortemque negabit, Mart. 5, 43, 3; Suet. Aug. 39:

pecuniam sub usuris mutuam dare,

Dig. 14, 6, 7, § 9.—

Transf., in gen., interest:

terra, quae numquam recusat imperium, nec umquam sine usurā reddit quod accepit, sed alias minore, plerumque majore cum fenore,

Cic. Sen. 15, 51:

diutius servata usuram adiciunt,

Varr. R. R. 1, 69, 1:

primā quāque occasione (litteras) mitte, appositis quidem usuris,

Plin. Ep. 9, 28, 5:

has usuras voluptatium pendimus,

Sen. Ep. 95, 23.

ūter, tris, m. ( neutr. collat. form of plur. utria, Liv. And. ap. Non. p. 231, 31; gen. plur. utrium, Sall. J. 91, 1) [kindr. with uterus; v. Isid. Orig. 20, 6, 7], a bag or bottle made of an animal's hide, a skin for wine, oil, water, etc., Plaut. Truc. 5, 11:

unctos salire per utres,

Verg. G. 2, 384; Curt. 7, 5, 10; Ov. Am. 3, 12, 29; Juv. 15, 20; Plin. 12, 7, 15, § 31; 28, 18, 73, § 240; Scrib. Comp. 84; Just. 1, 8, 13; Dig. 33, 6, 3. —Often inflated and used for crossing streams, Caes. B. C. 1, 48 Herz.; Liv. 21, 27, 5; Front. Strat. 3, 13, 6; Plin. 6, 29, 34, § 176; Amm. 30, 1, 9.— Poet.: crescentem tumidis infla sermonibus utrem, the swelling skin, i. e. the vain man, Hor. S. 2, 5, 98.

ŭter, tri, m., v. uterus init.

ŭter, ūtra, ūtrum ( gen. utrīus; dat. utri; gen. sing., scanned utrĭus, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 15; cf. uterque; gen. and dat. fem. utrae, acc. to Charis. p. 132 P.), pron. [for cuter, in form comp. of quis; cf. Engl. who, whe - ther; cf. also Sanscr. katara, uter, and Gr. poteros; Ionic, koteros].

Interrogatively.

In direct questions.

With gen. part.; sed uter vostrorum'st celerior? Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 42:

agnūm horum uter est pinguior?

id. ib. 2, 5, 1:

uter nostrum popularis est? tune an ego?

Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 11:

uter est insanior horum?

Hor. S. 2, 3, 102:

peccat uter nostrum cruce dignius?

id. ib. 2, 7, 47.—

With ex and abl.:

uter ex his tibi sapiens videtur?

Sen. Ep. 90, 14.—

Neutr. and with apposit.-clause: utrum est melius? virginemne an viduam uxorem ducere? Naev. ap. Non. p. 136, 7 (Com. Rel. v. 53 Rib.):

utrum igitur mavis? statimne nos vela facere, an... paululum remigare?

Cic. Tusc. 4, 4, 9; id. Verr. 2, 3, 37, § 84.—With plur. verb:

uter meruistis culpam?

Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 29:

uter eratis, tun' an ille, major?

id. ib. 5, 9, 60.— Plur., of two parties:

sed utriscum rem esse mavis?

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 51.—

In indirect questions.

With gen. part.:

nostrum uter sit blandior,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 58:

harum duarum condicionum utram malis vide,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 85: is vestrorum uter sit, cui signum datum est, Cette, Pac. ap. Non. p. 85, 4 (Trag. Rel. v. 62 Rib.):

quod utri nostrum sanctius sit, jam pridem sentis Liv 40, 9, 7: utrius horum Verba probes et facta, doce,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 15.—

With ex and abl.: de praemiis quaeritur: ex duobus, uter dignior;

ex pluribus, quis dignissimus,

Quint. 7, 4, 21.—

With de and abl. (very rare):

utrum de his potius, dubitasset aliquis, quin alterum, nemo,

Cic. Brut. 50, 189.

Absol.: omnibus cura viris uter esset induperator, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 86 Vahl.):

et tamen utrum malis scio,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 15:

utro frui malis, optio sit tua,

Cic. Fat. 2, 3:

sortirenturve, uter comitiis ejus anni praeesset,

Liv. 35, 20, 3:

non tantum utrum melius, sed quid sit optimum quaeritur,

Quint. 3, 8, 33:

dijudicari, uter populus alteri pariturus esset,

Vell. 2, 90, 3:

elige, utrum facias,

Ov. M. 9, 548:

ignorante rege uter Orestes esset,

Cic. Lael. 7, 24:

considerando, utra lex ad majores res pertineat,

id. Inv. 2, 49, 145:

dubitare visus est Sulpicius et Cotta, utrius oratio propius ad veritatem videretur accedere,

id. de Or. 1, 62, 262:

ita ut oculis, in utram partem fluit (flumen), judicari non possit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 12:

certamen consulibus inciderat, uter dedicaret aedem,

Liv. 2, 27, 5:

videamus uter plus scribere possit,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 16.— Plur., of two parties or sets:

sed utros ejus habueris libros—duo enim sunt corpora—an utrosque, nescio,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 11, 4:

quaestio sequitur ex ipsis (testibus), utri meliores viri,

Quint. 5, 7, 34:

nec promptum est dicere, utros peccare validius putem,

id. 10, 3, 12.— Neutr. with apposit. - clause:

cogitare, utrum esset Agrigentinis utilius, suisne servire anne populo Romano obtemperare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 33, § 73:

videte utrum sit aequius, hominem dedi inimicissimis nationibus an reddi amicis,

id. Font. 18, 41 (14, 31).—

Repeated, which of two... the other:

ut nihil jam aliud quaerere debeatis, nisi uter utri insidias fecerit,

Cic. Mil. 9, 23:

ut... neque dijudicari posset, uter utri virtute anteferendus videretur,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44:

scire de filiis tuis, uter ab utro petitus fraude et insidiis esset,

Liv. 40, 55, 3:

ambigitur uter utro sit prior,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 55:

si non intellegitur, uter ab utro eversus sit,

Dig. 9, 2, 45.—

Strengthened by ne:

uterne Ad casus dubios fidet sibi certius, hic qui Pluribus assuerit mentem, etc., An qui contentus parvo?

Hor. S. 2, 2, 107.—

Transf.

Indef. rel., whichsoever of two, the one which:

utram harum vis condicionem accipe,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 13:

convenit, victi utri sint in eo proelio... focos, seque uti dederent,

id. Am. 1, 1, 71:

horum utro uti nolumus, altero est utendum,

Cic. Sest. 42, 92:

utrum enim horum dixeris, in eo culpa et crimen haerebit,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 45, § 106:

quotiens ille tibi optionem facturus sit, ut eligas utrum velis, factum esse necne... utrum dixeris, id contra te futurum,

id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45:

utrum igitur eorum accidisset, verum oraculum fuisset,

id. Div. 2, 56, 116:

uter enim... penetrarit et uter... accesserit, is vincat necesse est,

id. Part. Or. 36, 123:

utrum placet, sumite... daret, utrum vellet subclamatum est,

Liv. 21, 18, 13:

utri eorum dedicatio jussu populi data esset, eum praeesse annonae,

id. 2, 27, 5:

utrius partis melior fortuna belli esset, ad ejus societatem inclinaturos,

id. 31, 32, 5:

uter aedilis fueritve Vestrum praetor, is sacer esto,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 180; 2, 5, 28:

utro exercitu mallet ex duobus, quos, etc.,

Liv. 36, 1, 9:

ut ipse optet, ex duobus ab lege constitutis suppliciis utrum velit pendere,

Sen. Contr. 7, 23, 6.—

Indef., either of the two, one or the other, one of two: uti tu ad Laelium Luciumve consulem sive quem ad uter eorum jusserit proferes, Vet. Form. ap. Gell. 16, 4, 2:

omnium controversiarum, quae essent inter aratorem et decumanum, si uter velit, edicit se recuperatores daturum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 35: quid? si una tabula sit, duo naufragi aeque sapientes;

sibine uter rapiat, an alter cedat alteri?

id. Off. 2, 23, 90:

si cum utro eorum actum est, cum altero agi non potest,

Dig. 9, 2, 45, § 3. —

Whichsoever of more than two:

quorum utrum ei acciderit,

Vitr. 7 praef. — Hence, adv.: ū̆trō, to which of two places, to which side or part:

nescit utro potius ruat et ruere ardet utroque,

Ov. M. 5, 166; Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 179; v. also utrum.