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1 uter
1.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, 11:2.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.3.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].I.Interrogatively.A.In direct questions.1.With gen. part.; sed uter vostrorum'st celerior? Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 42:2.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.:3.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.):B.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.1.With gen. part.:2.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;3.ex pluribus, quis dignissimus,
Quint. 7, 4, 21.—With de and abl. (very rare):4.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.):5.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:6.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:II.uterne Ad casus dubios fidet sibi certius, hic qui Pluribus assuerit mentem, etc., An qui contentus parvo?
Hor. S. 2, 2, 107.—Transf.A.Indef. rel., whichsoever of two, the one which:B.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:* C.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. -
2 uter
uter utra, utrum, gen. utrīus (rarely utrius, H.), dat. utrī, pron. [for * quoter or * cuter; CA-]. I. Interrogative, which of two, which, whether: uter nostrum popularis est? tune an ego?: uter est insanior horum, H.: utra igitur causa popularis debet videri?: ab utro (insidiae) factae sint, incertum est: quod utri nostrum sanctius sit, iam pridem sentis, L.: utrius horum Verba probes et facta, doce, H.: Elige, utrum facias, O.: ita ut oculis, in utram partem fluat (flumen), iudicari non possit, Cs.—Plur., of two collections or sets: sed utros eius habueris libros—duo enim sunt corpora—an utrosque, nescio: utrum de his potius, dubitasset aliquis, quin alterum, nemo.—Repeated, which of two... the other: ut nihil iam aliud quaerere debeatis, nisi uter utri insidias fecerit: scire de filiis tuis, uter ab utro petitus fraude et insidiis esset, L.: Ambigitur uter utro sit prior, H.—Strengthened by ne: uterne Ad casūs dubios fidet sibi certius, hic qui... An qui, etc., H.— II. Indefinite, whichsoever of the two, whichever one, the one which: herum utro uti nolumus, altero est utendum, i. e. if either of these does not suit us, we must appeal to the other: utrum enim horum dixeris, in eo culpa et crimen haerebit: utri eorum dedicatio iussu populi data esset, eum praeesse annonae, L.: uter aedilis fueritve Vestrum praetor, is sacer esto, H.— Either of the two, one or the other, one: omnium controversiarum, quae essent inter aratorem et decumanum, si uter velit, edicit se recuperatores daturum.* * *Iutra, utrum ADJ(w/que) each/either (of two); both (separately); each side (pl.), each setIIutra, utrum ADJwhich (of two), whichever, no matter which; one, either, one or otherIII -
3 uter-cumque (-cunq-)
uter-cumque (-cunq-) utracumque, utrumcumque, pron, whichever of the two, whichsoever one, whichever: utrimque copiae ita paratae, ut, utercumque vicerit, non sit mirum futurum: in quo bello, utracumque pars vicisset, etc. -
4 utercumque
I.Whichever of the two, whichsoever, whichever (rare but class.):II.magnae utrimque copiae ita paratae ad depugnandum esse dicuntur, ut, utercumque vicerit, non sit mirum futurum,
Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 1:in quo bello, non, utracumque pars vicisset, tamen aliqua forma esset futura rei publicae,
id. Brut. 1, 15, 10:ea res, utrocumque dicitur modo,
Quint. 9, 2, 6:utrumcumque erit, prima sit curarum, ut, etc.,
id. 4, 2, 89; cf. id. 5, praef. §3: ne sententia sua, utramcumque in partem dicta esset, ipsa sese rescinderet,
Gell. 5, 10, 15.—Indef.:utrocumque modo sequetur summa confusio,
either way, Quint. 3, 6, 29; id. 6, praef. § 11; 12, 10, 59. -
5 utercunque
I.Whichever of the two, whichsoever, whichever (rare but class.):II.magnae utrimque copiae ita paratae ad depugnandum esse dicuntur, ut, utercumque vicerit, non sit mirum futurum,
Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 1:in quo bello, non, utracumque pars vicisset, tamen aliqua forma esset futura rei publicae,
id. Brut. 1, 15, 10:ea res, utrocumque dicitur modo,
Quint. 9, 2, 6:utrumcumque erit, prima sit curarum, ut, etc.,
id. 4, 2, 89; cf. id. 5, praef. §3: ne sententia sua, utramcumque in partem dicta esset, ipsa sese rescinderet,
Gell. 5, 10, 15.—Indef.:utrocumque modo sequetur summa confusio,
either way, Quint. 3, 6, 29; id. 6, praef. § 11; 12, 10, 59. -
6 uterlibet
ŭter-lĭbet, utrălĭbet, utrumlĭbet, pron.I.Which of the two you please, whichsoever of the two (rare but class.):II.utrumlibet elige, alterum incredibile est, alterum nefarium et ante hoc tempus utrumque inauditum,
Cic. Quint. 26, 81.—Indef., either one (of two), either of the two:A. B.eos consules esse, quorum utrolibet duce bellum Etruscum geri recte possit,
Liv. 10, 24, 17:quae non dicere, si utrum libet esset liberum, maluissemus,
Quint. 11, 1, 60; cf. id. 9, 1, 7:fingamus utrumlibet non recte dictum,
id. 1, 5, 35; cf. id. 5, 10, 70; 6, 4, 18:si parti utrilibet omnino alteram detrahas,
id. 2, 19, 2:ubi utrolibet modo curatum est,
Cels. 6, 18, 10:adjecto vel irino vel laureo oleo, sic ut utrilibet paulum aceti misceatur,
id. 6, 7, 7:sanguinem fluentem ex utrālibet parte sistit,
Plin. 24, 4, 8, § 13:in utramlibet partem,
Scrib. Comp. 101: 255.—Hence,ŭtrōlĭbet, adv., to either one of two sides, to either side:ne inclinata utrolibet cervix,
Quint. 1, 11, 9.
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