uterque

uterque

Latin

Etymology

    From uter + -que. Compare Gothic 𐍈𐌰𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌿𐌷 (ƕaþaruh), which may be inherited from the same source.

    Pronunciation

    Pronoun

    uterque (feminine utraque, neuter utrumque or utrunque); first/second-declension pronoun (nominative masculine singular in -er, pronominal declension; without or with m optionally → n in compounds)

    1. each (of two), either, both
      Sit utrīsque Venus Pompeiāna propitia et semper concordēs vīvant.
      May Pompeian Venus be propitious in her heart to them both and may they always live harmoniously.
      • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 2.4:
        Ita est utraque res sine altera debilis.
        Thus each is feeble without the other.
      • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Ad Atticum 6.1.9:
        Sed credo te ... binas meas de omnibus rebus accepisse, ... utrasque tuis pueris datas.
        But I believe you ... received my two letters concerning all these things, ... both given to your children.
      • perh. post 2nd c. CE but ancient, Hyginus astronomus, Poeticon Astronomicon 2.2:
        Nonnulli etiam Helicen et Cynosuram nymphas esse Iouis nutrices dicunt, et hac re etiam pro beneficio in mundo conlocatas, et utrasque Arctos appellatas esse, quas nostri Septentriones dixerunt.
        Some say the Ursa Major and Ursa Minor are Jupiter's nursing nymphs, and for this reason they were placed on the world [sky] for our benefit, and were both named Arctos ("the Bears"), who we [the Romans] have also called the Septentriones ("the Northerners").

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er, pronominal declension; without or with m optionally → n in compounds) with an indeclinable portion.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative uterque utraque utrumque
    utrunque
    utrīque utraeque utraque
    genitive utrī̆usque utrōrumque
    utrōrunque
    utrārumque
    utrārunque
    utrōrumque
    utrōrunque
    dative utrīque utrīsque
    accusative utrumque
    utrunque
    utramque
    utranque
    utrumque
    utrunque
    utrōsque utrāsque utraque
    ablative utrōque utrāque utrōque utrīsque
    vocative uterque utraque utrumque
    utrunque
    utrīque utraeque utraque

    Derived terms

    References

    • uterque”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • uterque”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • uterque”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to discuss both sides of a question: in utramque partem, in contrarias partes disputare (De Or. 1. 34)
      • (ambiguous) in both cases; whichever way you look at it: in utraque re
    • uterque in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016