utervīs1
Meaning
- pronounwhomever of the two you want, either of the two
- pronounwhichever of the two you want, either of the two
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Uterque · Ambo · Utervis · Uterlibet
1. Uterque denotes ‘both,’ as two unities, like ἑκάτερος; ambo, as the halves of a pair, like ἄμφω. Cic. Fin. ii. 7. Hic, qui utramque probat, ambobus debuit uti. Orat. 6, 21. Terent. Ad. i. 2, 50. Curemus æquam uterque partem; tu alterum, ego alterum; nam ambos curare propemodum reposcere illum est quem dedisti. Plin. Pan. 90, 4. Vell. P. ii. 66. This difference is palpable from Cic. Mur. 18, 37. Duæ res vehementer in prætura desideratæ sunt, quæ ambæ in consulatu Murenæ profuerunt . . . . Horum utrumque ei fortuna ad consulatus petitionem reservavit. And Orat. iii. 26. A quibus utrisque submittitur aliquid. 2. Uterque and ambo are copulative, and may be resolved into unus et alter, and have their predicate actually in common; whereas utervis and uterlibet are disjunctive, and may be resolved into unus vel alter, and have their predicate in common only by possibility. Ter. Andr. prol. 10. Qui utramvis recte norit, ambos noverit. (iv. 349.)
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | in -er utervīs | utravīs | utrumvīs utrunvīs |
| genitive | utrī̆usvīs | utrī̆usvīs | utrī̆usvīs |
| dative | utrīvīs | utrīvīs | utrīvīs |
| accusative | utrumvīs utrunvīs | utramvīs utranvīs | utrumvīs utrunvīs |
| ablative | utrōvīs | utrāvīs | utrōvīs |
| vocative | utervīs | utravīs | utrumvīs utrunvīs |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | utrīvīs | utraevīs | utravīs |
| genitive | utrōrumvīs utrōrunvīs | utrārumvīs utrārunvīs | utrōrumvīs utrōrunvīs |
| dative | utrīsvīs | utrīsvīs | utrīsvīs |
| accusative | utrōsvīs | utrāsvīs | utravīs |
| ablative | utrīsvīs | utrīsvīs | utrīsvīs |
| vocative | utrīvīs | utraevīs | utravīs |
qui utramvis recte norit, ambas noverit, Ter. And. prol. 10: si utrumvis horum umquam tibi visus forem, id. Hec. 4, 1, 10: at minus habeo virium quam vestrum utervis, Cic. Sen. 10, 33: vel ego amare utramvis possim, si probe appotus siem, Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 8: tange utramvis digitulo minimo modo, id. ib. 3, 4, 15: ut utrumvis salvo officio se facere posse arbitrarentur, Cic. Rosc. Am. 1, 4.—Prov.: in aurem utramvis otiose dormire, i. e. to be free from care, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 101; cf.: Ps. De istac re in oculum utrumvis conquiescito. Cal. Utrum oculum anne aurem? Ps. At hoc pervolgatumst nimis, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 121 (Gr. ἐπʼ ἀμφοτέρα καθεύδειν, sc. τὰ ὦτα, Menand. Fragm. C. G. F. 4, 189).Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Origins
From uter (“either”) + vīs (“you want”).