a+swelling

rānŭla, ae, f. dim. [rana].

Lit., a little frog, a tadpole, App. M. 9, p. 233, 11. —

Transf., a little swelling on the tongue of cattle, Veg. 4, 5, 1 al.

red-undo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n.; of water, from being over full, to run back or over, to pour over, stream over, overflow (freq. and class.; a favorite word of Cic., esp. in trop. senses; not in Cæs., Verg., or Hor.; cf.: refluo, recurro).

Lit.:

mare neque redundat unquam neque effunditur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 116:

si lacus Albanus redundasset,

id. Div. 2, 32, 69; so,

lacus,

id. ib. 1, 44, 100; cf. Suet. Claud. 32: redundantibus cloacis, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. 138, 7 (id. H. 3, 26 Dietsch):

Nilus campis redundat,

Lucr. 6, 712; so,

fons campis,

id. 5, 603; and:

aqua gutture pleno,

Ov. R. Am. 536:

cum pituita redundat aut bilis,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 10, 23; cf.:

locos pituitosos et quasi redundantes,

id. Fat. 4, 7:

sanguis in ora et oculos redundat,

Flor. 3, 17, 8. —

Poet., in part. pass.:

redundatus = redundans: amne redundatis fossa madebat aquis,

Ov. F. 6, 402; and for undans: (Boreae vis saeva) redundatas flumine cogit aquas, the swelling, surging waters (opp. aequato siccis aquilonibus Istro), id. Tr. 3, 10, 52.—

Transf.: redundare aliquā re, or absol., to be over full of, to overflow with any thing.

Of things:

quae (crux) etiam nunc civis Romani sanguine redundat,

is soaked with, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 11, § 26; cf.:

sanguine hostium Africa,

id. Imp. Pomp. 11, 30; and id. Cat. 3, 10, 24:

largus manat cruor: ora redundant Et patulae nares,

Luc. 9, 812.—

Of persons:

hesternā cenā redundantes,

Plin. Pan. 63, 3. —

Trop., to flow forth in excess, superabound, redound, to be superfluous, redundant; to flow forth freely, to be copious, to abound:

is (Molo) dedit operam, ut nimis redundantes nos juvenili quādam dicendi impunitate et licentiā reprimeret, et quasi extra ripas diffluentes coërceret,

Cic. Brut. 91, 316:

ne aut non compleas verbis, quod proposueris, aut redundes,

id. Part. Or. 7, 18; cf.:

Stesichorus redundat atque effunditur,

Quint. 10, 1, 62:

Asiatici oratores parum pressi et nimis redundantes,

Cic. Brut. 13, 51; id. de Or. 2, 21, 88; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 116; 12, 10, 12; 17:

hoc tempus omne post consulatum objecimus iis fluctibus, qui per nos a communi peste depulsi, in nosmet ipsos redundarunt,

Cic. de Or. 1, 1, 3:

quod redundabit de vestro frumentario quaestu,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155:

quorum (vitiorum) ad amicos redundet infamia,

id. Lael. 21, 76: vitia Atheniensium in civitatem nostram, id. Rep. 1, 3, 5:

si ex hoc beneficio nullum in me periculum redundavit,

id. Sull. 9, 27; cf.:

servi, ad quos aliquantum etiam ex cottidianis sumptibus ac luxurie redundet,

id. Cael. 23, 57 fin.:

in genus auctoris miseri fortuna redundat,

Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 73:

nationes, quae numero hominum ac multitudine ipsa poterant in provincias nostras redundare,

id. Prov. Cons. 12, 31:

si haec in eum annum redundarint,

id. Mur. 39, 85:

quod laudem adulescentis propinqui existimo etiam ad meum aliquem fructum redundare,

to redound, id. Lig. 3, 8; cf.:

gaudeo tuā gloriā, cujus ad me pars aliqua redundat,

Plin. Ep. 5, 12, 2:

omnium quidem beneficiorum quae merentibus tribuuntur non ad ipsos gaudium magis quam ad similes redundat,

id. Pan. 62, 1; Quint. 12, 2, 19:

nisi operum suorum ad se laudem, manubias ad patriam redundare maluisset,

Val. Max. 4, 3, 13:

ut gloria ejus ad ipsum redundaret,

id. 8, 14, ext. 4;

Auct. B. Alex. 60, 2: animus per se multa desiderat, quae ad officium fructumve corporis non redundant,

Lact. 7, 11, 7:

ex rerum cognitione efflorescat et redundet oportet oratio,

pour forth copiously, abundantly, Cic. de Or. 1, 6, 20:

ex meo tenui vectigali... aliquid etiam redundabit,

something will still remain, id. Par. 6, 3, 49:

non reus ex eā causā redundat Postumus,

does not appear to be guilty, id. Rab. Post. 5, 11:

hinc illae extraordinariae pecuniae redundarunt,

have flowed, proceeded, id. Verr. 2, 1, 39, § 100; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 43, § 103: ne quid hoc parricidā civium interfecto, invidiae mihi in posteritatem redundaret, should redound to or fall upon me, id. Cat. 1, 12, 29. —

Poet., with acc.:

Vulturnus Raucis talia faucibus redundat,

spouts forth, Stat. S. 4, 3, 71.—

Transf., to be present in excess; to be redundant, superabound; and: redundare aliquā re, to have an excess or redundancy of any thing: redundat aurum ac thesauri patent, Lucil. ap. Non. 384, 17:

in quibus (definitionibus) neque abesse quicquam decet neque redundare,

Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 83; cf.:

ut neque in Antonio deesset hic ornatus orationis neque in Crasso redundaret,

id. ib. 3, 4, 16; Quint. 1, 4, 9:

ut nulla (species) neque praetermittatur neque redundet,

Cic. Or. 33, 117:

munitus indicibus fuit, quorum hodie copia redundat,

id. Sest. 44, 95:

splendidissimorum hominum multitudine,

id. Pis. 11, 25; cf.:

redundante multitudine,

Tac. H. 2, 93:

quod bonum mihi redundat,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 1:

quo posset urbs et accipere ex mari, quo egeret, et reddere, quo redundaret,

id. Rep. 2, 5, 10:

omnibus vel ornamentis vel praesidiis redundare,

id. Fam. 3, 10, 5:

tuus deus non digito uno redundat, sed capite, collo, cervicibus, etc.,

id. N. D. 1, 35, 99:

hominum multitudine,

id. Pis. 11, 25; cf.

armis,

Tac. H. 2, 32:

hi clientelis etiam exterarum nationum redundabant,

id. Or. 36:

acerbissimo luctu redundaret ista victoria,

Cic. Lig. 5, 15:

Curiana defensio tota redundavit hilaritate quādam et joco,

id. de Or. 2, 54, 221.— Hence, rĕdundans, antis, P. a., overflowing, superfluous, excessive, redundant:

amputatio et decussio redundantioris nitoris,

Tert. Cult. Fem. 2, 9.— Adv.: rĕdundanter, redundantly, superfluously, excessively, Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 21.— Comp., Ambros. Ep. 82, 27.

tŏrus, i, m. (also tŏrum, i, n., Varr. ap. Non. 11, 14; Lact. 6, 23, 15) [for storus; root ster-, stra-, of sterno, stramen; Gr. storennumi, to spread, scatter], prop., a round, swelling, or bulging place, an elevation, protuberance, prominence; hence,

A knot, bulge: (funis) Cato, R. R. 135, 4:

funiculorum,

Col. 11, 3, 6; cf.:

vitis toris ad arborem religetur,

id. 5, 6, 25:

firmi vitis,

id. Arb. 16, 4.—

The muscular or fleshy part, the muscle, brawn of animal bodies (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose): o lacertorum tori! Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 22; Ov. M. 2, 854; 9, 82; 12, 402; 14, 283; 15, 230; id. H. 9, 60:

leo gaudet comantes Excutiens cervice toros,

Verg. A. 12, 7:

luxuriatque toris animosum pectus,

id. G. 3, 81; Plin. 18, 7, 18, § 78; Sen. Hippol. 1042; Val. Fl. 4, 245; Tac. Or. 21:

venarum tori,

varicose dilatations of the veins, Cels. 7, 18 fin. —

Transf., the bulge, thickness of trees:

utile toros futuri draconis pasci,

Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 211; cf.:

(asparagus) in toros striatur,

id. 19, 8, 42, § 146; App. Flor. p. 363, 31.—

A raised ornament, a knot, on a garland;

trop., of language: isque (stilus mediocris) uno tenore fluit, aut addit aliquos, ut in coronā, toros omnemque orationem ornamentis modicis verborum sententiarumque distinguit,

Cic. Or. 6, 21.—

A bolster, cushion, so named from its protuberances; hence, a couch, sofa, bed (mostly poet.;

syn.: stratum, lectus): antiquis torus e stramento erat, qualiter etiam nunc in castris,

Plin. 8, 48, 73, § 193:

viridante toro consederat herbae,

Verg. A. 5, 388; cf.:

praebuit herba torum,

Ov. H. 5, 14; id. M. 8, 655:

datque torum caespes,

id. ib. 10, 556:

gramine vestitis accubuere toris,

id. F. 1, 402:

silvestrem montana torum cum sterneret uxor Frondibus,

Juv. 6, 5:

discumbere toris,

Ov. M. 8, 565.—So of a sofa:

toro sic orsus ab alto,

Verg. A. 2, 2; Ov. M. 12, 579.—Of a bed:

ambierantque torum,

Ov. M. 7, 332:

concutiuntque torum de molli fluminis ulvā Impositum lecto,

id. ib. 8, 655:

ebeno sublimis in atrā,

id. ib. 11, 610; Suet. Aug. 73. — Of a corpse-bed, Ov. M. 9, 503; id. F. 6, 668:

membra toro defleta reponunt,

Verg. A. 6, 220.—Of a bridalbed, Ov. M. 6, 431:

(lectica) sive illa toro resupina feretur,

Ov. A. A. 1, 487; cf. Becker, Gallus, 2, p. 240 (2d ed.).—

Transf., like thalamus, as a designation for marriage:

Deucalion... Cum consorte tori,

with his consort, spouse, Ov. M. 1, 319; cf.:

socia tori,

id. ib. 1, 620; so id. ib. 7, 91; 7, 332; id. F. 3, 511; id. P. 3, 3, 50; id. H. 2, 41:

genialis,

Tac. A. 15, 37; Val. Max. 2, 6, 14:

obscenus,

i. e. illicit connection, Ov. Tr. 2, 378; cf.

illiciti (with stupra),

Sen. Hippol. 97:

receptus in torum,

Plin. 34, 2, 6, § 12.—Hence, also, for a mistress:

torum donare alicui,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 87.—

An elevation, bank of earth:

riparum,

Verg. A. 6, 674; Stat. Th. 4, 819:

pulvinorum,

Plin. 19, 4, 20, § 60; 22, 22, 34, § 76.—

In architecture, a large, round moulding at the base of a column, a torus, Vitr. 3, 3, 8.

tŏrus, i, m. (also tŏrum, i, n., Varr. ap. Non. 11, 14; Lact. 6, 23, 15) [for storus; root ster-, stra-, of sterno, stramen; Gr. storennumi, to spread, scatter], prop., a round, swelling, or bulging place, an elevation, protuberance, prominence; hence,

A knot, bulge: (funis) Cato, R. R. 135, 4:

funiculorum,

Col. 11, 3, 6; cf.:

vitis toris ad arborem religetur,

id. 5, 6, 25:

firmi vitis,

id. Arb. 16, 4.—

The muscular or fleshy part, the muscle, brawn of animal bodies (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose): o lacertorum tori! Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 22; Ov. M. 2, 854; 9, 82; 12, 402; 14, 283; 15, 230; id. H. 9, 60:

leo gaudet comantes Excutiens cervice toros,

Verg. A. 12, 7:

luxuriatque toris animosum pectus,

id. G. 3, 81; Plin. 18, 7, 18, § 78; Sen. Hippol. 1042; Val. Fl. 4, 245; Tac. Or. 21:

venarum tori,

varicose dilatations of the veins, Cels. 7, 18 fin. —

Transf., the bulge, thickness of trees:

utile toros futuri draconis pasci,

Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 211; cf.:

(asparagus) in toros striatur,

id. 19, 8, 42, § 146; App. Flor. p. 363, 31.—

A raised ornament, a knot, on a garland;

trop., of language: isque (stilus mediocris) uno tenore fluit, aut addit aliquos, ut in coronā, toros omnemque orationem ornamentis modicis verborum sententiarumque distinguit,

Cic. Or. 6, 21.—

A bolster, cushion, so named from its protuberances; hence, a couch, sofa, bed (mostly poet.;

syn.: stratum, lectus): antiquis torus e stramento erat, qualiter etiam nunc in castris,

Plin. 8, 48, 73, § 193:

viridante toro consederat herbae,

Verg. A. 5, 388; cf.:

praebuit herba torum,

Ov. H. 5, 14; id. M. 8, 655:

datque torum caespes,

id. ib. 10, 556:

gramine vestitis accubuere toris,

id. F. 1, 402:

silvestrem montana torum cum sterneret uxor Frondibus,

Juv. 6, 5:

discumbere toris,

Ov. M. 8, 565.—So of a sofa:

toro sic orsus ab alto,

Verg. A. 2, 2; Ov. M. 12, 579.—Of a bed:

ambierantque torum,

Ov. M. 7, 332:

concutiuntque torum de molli fluminis ulvā Impositum lecto,

id. ib. 8, 655:

ebeno sublimis in atrā,

id. ib. 11, 610; Suet. Aug. 73. — Of a corpse-bed, Ov. M. 9, 503; id. F. 6, 668:

membra toro defleta reponunt,

Verg. A. 6, 220.—Of a bridalbed, Ov. M. 6, 431:

(lectica) sive illa toro resupina feretur,

Ov. A. A. 1, 487; cf. Becker, Gallus, 2, p. 240 (2d ed.).—

Transf., like thalamus, as a designation for marriage:

Deucalion... Cum consorte tori,

with his consort, spouse, Ov. M. 1, 319; cf.:

socia tori,

id. ib. 1, 620; so id. ib. 7, 91; 7, 332; id. F. 3, 511; id. P. 3, 3, 50; id. H. 2, 41:

genialis,

Tac. A. 15, 37; Val. Max. 2, 6, 14:

obscenus,

i. e. illicit connection, Ov. Tr. 2, 378; cf.

illiciti (with stupra),

Sen. Hippol. 97:

receptus in torum,

Plin. 34, 2, 6, § 12.—Hence, also, for a mistress:

torum donare alicui,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 87.—

An elevation, bank of earth:

riparum,

Verg. A. 6, 674; Stat. Th. 4, 819:

pulvinorum,

Plin. 19, 4, 20, § 60; 22, 22, 34, § 76.—

In architecture, a large, round moulding at the base of a column, a torus, Vitr. 3, 3, 8.

tūber, ĕris, n. [from root tum, tumeo], a hump, bump, swelling, tumor, protuberance on animal bodies, whether natural or caused by disease.

Lit.:

cameli,

Plin. 8, 18, 26, § 67:

boum,

id. 8, 45, 70, § 179:

tubera... anserino adipe curantur,

tumors, id. 30, 12, 33, § 107; so id. 22, 24, 50, § 107; 26, 14, 87, § 139 al.; cf.: colaphis tuber est totum caput, is one boil, i. e. is full of boils, Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 37.—Prov.:

ubi uber, ibi tuber,

there are no roses without thorns, App. Flor. p. 359, 29: qui ne tuberibus propriis offendat amicum Postulat, ignoscet verrucis illius, boils... warts, for great and slight faults, Hor. S. 1, 3, 73. —

Transf., of plants.

A knob, hard excrescence on wood:

tuber utrumque arboris ejus,

Plin. 16, 16, 27, § 68; 16, 43. 84, § 231; 25, 8, 54, § 95.—

A kind of mushroom, a truffle, moril, a favorite article of food among the Romans, Plin. 19, 2, 11, § 33:

tenerrima verno esse,

id. 19, 3, 13, § 37 sq.; Juv. 5, 116; 5, 119; 14, 7; Mart. 13, 50, 2.—

Tuber terrae.

Mole-hill, as a term of abuse, Petr. 58.—

Another name for the cyclaminon, Plin. 25, 9, 67, § 115.

tŭber, ĕris, m. and f.

Fem., a kind of apple-tree, Plin. 16, 25, 42, § 103; Col. 11, 2, 11; Pall. Jan. 15, 20; id. Sept. 14, 1.—

Masc., the fruit of this tree, Plin. 15, 14, 14, § 47; Mart. 13, 42, 1; 13, 43, 2; Suet. Dom. 16.

turgĕo, rsi, gēre, v. n. [cf. Gr. spargaô, to swell; sphrigaô, to be full; perh. Sanscr. root ūrgā, succulence; Gr. orgaô, to swell, etc.], to swell out, be swollen or tumid (mostly poet.; not in Cic.; cf. tumeo).

Lit.:

si lienes turgent,

Cato, R. R. 157, 7: Cyclopis venter turserat alte, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 870 P. (Ann. v. 326 Vahl.):

ora (ab ictu),

Ov. F. 3, 757:

lumina gemitu,

Prop. 1, 21, 3:

mammae,

Plin. 20, 13, 51, § 141:

rana,

Prop. 3, 6 (4, 5), 27:

laeto in palmite gemmae,

Verg. E. 7, 48:

frumenta,

id. G. 1, 315:

herba,

Ov. M. 15, 203:

caules,

Plin. 12, 17, 37, § 73:

uva mero,

Mart. 13, 68, 2:

sacculus pleno ore,

Juv. 14, 138.—

Trop.

In gen.:

turgent mendacia nimiis monstris,

i. e. are full, Claud. in Eutr. 1, 350:

(uxor) turget mihi,

i. e. is swelling with anger, is enraged, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 17; so id. Most. 3, 2, 10.—

Of speech, to be inflated, turgid, bombastic:

oratio, quae turget et inflata est,

Auct. Her. 4, 10, 45:

professus grandia turget,

Hor. A. P. 27.

umbo, ōnis, m. [kindr. with ambôn, omphalos, umbilicus; Germ. Nabel; Engl. navel]; prop. any convex elevation; hence,

A boss of a shield, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 432 Vahl.); Verg. A. 2, 546:

scutis magis quam gladiis geritur res: umbonibus incussāque alā sternuntur hostes,

Liv. 9, 41, 18.—

Transf., a shield (in prose not ante-Aug.;

syn. clipeus),

Verg. A. 7, 633; 9, 810; 10, 884; Sil. 4, 354; Liv. 4, 19, 5; 30, 34, 3; Auct. ap. Quint. 8, 5, 24:

junctae umbone phalanges,

Juv. 2, 46; cf. Luc. 6, 192:

umbone se protegere,

Just. 33, 2.— Trop.:

judicialis,

Val. Max. 8, 5, 4.—

The elbow, Mart. 3, 46, 5; Stat. Th. 2, 670; Suet. Caes. 68 fin. —

A promontory, Stat. Achill. 1, 408.—Hence, transf., Isthmius, the Isthmus of Corinth, Stat. Th. 7, 15. —

A projecting boundary-stone in fields, Stat. Th. 6, 352.—

A projecting part of a precious stone, a knob, boss, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 88.—

The full part or swelling of a garment, Tert. Pall. 5.—Hence, transf.:

umbo candidus,

a toga, Pers. 5, 33.

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.

venter, tris, m. [perh. for gventer; cf. Gr. gastêr; Sanscr. gatharas].

Lit.

In gen., the belly (syn.:

alvus, abdomen),

Plin. 11, 37, 82. § 207; Cels. 7, 16; Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 4; Cic. Div 2, 58, 119.— Plur., Mart. 13, 26, 1; Plin. 9, 50, 74, § 157. —

In partic., as the seat of the stomach, conveying the accessory idea of greediness, gormandizing, the paunch, maw: Cyclopis venter, velut olim turserat alte, Carnibus humanis distentus, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 870 P. (Ann. v. 326 Vahl.); Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 33:

ventri operam dare,

id. Ps. 1, 2, 43; id. Pers. 1, 3, 18; Hor. S. 1, 6, 128; 2, 8, 5; id. Ep. 1, 15, 32; Juv. 3, 167; 11, 40:

proin tu tui cottidiani victi ventrem ad me adferas,

i. e. an appetite for ordinary food, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 75: vivite lurcones, comedones, vivite ventres, ye maws, for ye gluttons, gormandizers, Lucil. ap. Non. 11, 8.—In partic.:

ventrem facere,

to have a passage at stool, Veg. Vet. 3, 57.—

Transf.

The womb:

homines in ventre necandos Conducit,

Juv. 6, 596.—

The fruit of the womb, fœtus: ignorans nurum ventrem ferre, Liv 1, 34, 2; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 19; Col. 6, 24, 2; Dig. 5, 4, 3; 25, 6, 1; 37, 9, 1, § 13; 29, 2, 30; Ov. M. 11, 311; Hor. Epod. 17, 50.—

The bowels, entrails, Col. 9, 14, 6; Plin. 11, 20, 23, § 70.—

Of any thing that swells or bellies out, a belly, i. e. a swelling, protuberance:

tumidoque cucurbita ventre,

Prop. 4, 2, 23 (5, 2, 43); Verg. G. 4, 122:

lagonae,

Juv. 12, 60:

concavus tali,

Plin. 11, 46, 106, § 255:

parietis,

Dig. 8, 5, 17:

aquae ductus,

Vitr. 8, 7.