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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>ultrō&#774;</b>: adv.,<br /><b>I</b> to the [[farther]] [[side]], [[beyond]], on the [[other]] [[side]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., so [[most]] [[usually]] in the [[connection]] [[ultro]] citroque, Cic. Rep. 6, 9, 9; id. Ac. 1, 7, 28; Caes. B. G. 1, 42; Liv. 3, 5, 11; Auct. B. Hisp. 21: [[ultro]] et [[citro]], Cic. Off. 1, 17, 56; id. Lael. 22, 85; id. Rosc. Am. 22, 60: [[ultro]] ac [[citro]], Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 16; or, [[without]] a [[copula]], [[ultro]] [[citro]], on this [[side]] and on [[that]], this [[way]] and [[that]], to and [[fro]], on [[both]] sides, [[mutually]], Cic. N. D. 2, 33, 84; Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 29; Suet. Calig. 19; App. M. 8, p. 211; v. [[citro]]; and cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 87 sqq.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of [[distance]], [[afar]], [[away]], [[off]] (so [[only]] in [[Plautus]]): Ty. Proin' tu ab [[istoc]] [[procul]] recedas. He. Ultro istum a me! Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 19 Brix ad loc.: [[ultro]] istunc, qui exossat homines! id. Am. 1, 1, 164: [[ultro]] te [[amator]] [[apage]] te a dorso meo, id. Cas. 2, 8, 23.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> To [[denote]] [[that]] [[which]] is or is done [[over]] and [[above]] [[something]] [[else]], [[besides]], [[moreover]], [[too]]: et [[mulier]] ut [[sit]] libera, [[atque]] [[ipse]] [[ultro]] det [[argentum]], Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 26: celavit suos cives ultroque eis sumptum intulit, Cic. Fl. 19, 45: cavendo, ne metuant homines, metuendos [[ultro]] se efficiunt, Liv. 3, 65, 11: Sex. [[Naevius]], qui, cum [[ipse]] [[ultro]] deberet, cupidissime contenderet, etc., Cic. Quint. 23, 74; cf.: non debui [[tibi]] pecuniam ... [[ultro]] a me [[mutuatus]] es, Quint. 5, 10, 107; 12, 8, 7 Spald. N. cr.: his lacrimis vitam damus et miserescimus [[ultro]], Verg. A. 2, 145: [[nunc]] [[ultro]] ad cineres ipsius Adsumus, id. ib. 5, 55 Forbig. ad loc.: [[ultro]] animos tollit dictis [[atque]] increpat [[ultro]], id. ib. 9, 127.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trop., [[superfluously]], [[gratuitously]], [[wantonly]]: qui ita putant, Sibi fieri injuriam [[ultro]] si [[quam]] fecere ipsi expostules, Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 4: sibi [[ultro]] per contumelias hostem insultare, Liv. 3, 62, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> From [[beyond]], from the [[other]] [[side]], i. e. [[without]] [[influence]] or [[assistance]] from this [[side]] (cf. [[sponte]], whose [[opposite]] is [[external]] [[compulsion]] or [[aid]]: [[ultro]] [[facio]], non [[rogatus]]; [[sponte]] [[facio]], non [[coactus]] [[neque]] adjutus; [[hence]], [[ultro]] is esp. freq. [[with]] verbs of giving, [[offering]], proposing, approaching, assailing, etc.), on his [[part]], on [[their]] [[part]], of [[himself]], of [[themselves]], etc.; of one's [[own]] [[accord]], [[without]] [[being]] asked, [[spontaneously]], [[voluntarily]]: Gn. Jam haec [[tibi]] aderit supplicans Ultro. Thr. Credin'? Gn. Immo [[certe]]. Novi [[ingenium]] mulierum: Nolunt, ubi velis: ubi nolis, cupiunt [[ultro]], Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 42 sq.: O audaciam! [[etiam]] me [[ultro]] accusatum advenit? id. Phorm. 2, 3, 13: [[monstrum]] [[etiam]] [[ultro]] derisum advenit, id. Eun. 5, 2, 21: qui [[quoniam]] Erus [[quod]] imperavit neglexisti persequi, [[nunc]] venis [[etiam]] [[ultro]] inrisum dominum, Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 40: ut homines [[Galli]] spem imperii [[ultro]] sibi a patriciis hominibus oblatam neglegerent, id non [[divinitus]] [[factum]] esse putatis? Cic. Cat. 3, 9, 22: [[ultro]] aliquid offerre, id. Planc. 10, 26; cf. Quint. 7, 1, 50: offerendum [[ultro]] rati, Liv. 1, 17, 8: offerentibus [[ultro]] [[sese]] militibus, id. 27, 46, 3: cum id, [[quod]] [[antea]] petenti denegasset, [[ultro]] polliceretur, Caes. B. G. 1, 42: omnia ei [[ultro]] [[pollicitus]] [[sum]], Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 1: nec mihi [[quicquam]] tali tempore in mentem venit optare, [[quod]] non [[ultro]] mihi [[Caesar]] detulerit, Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 2: has (tabulas) donavit his [[ultro]], Quint. 5, 10, 111: [[subinvideo]] [[tibi]], [[ultro]] te [[etiam]] arcessitum ab eo, of his [[own]] [[motion]], Cic. Fam. 7, 10, 1: ultroque animam sub fasce dedere, Verg. G. 4, 204: [[quod]] divom promittere [[nemo]] Auderet, volvenda [[dies]], en, attulit [[ultro]], id. A. 9, 7: [[ultro]] ad terram concidit, id. ib. 5, 446: [[ultro]] ad me venit, Ter. And. 1, 1, 73; id. Eun. 1, 1, 2; Pers. 5, 172: ad aliquem [[ultro]] venire, Cic. Fam. 7, 21; cf. id. Fin. 2, 18, 58: [[quod]] occurrit [[ultro]], Quint. 7, 1, 59: interrogantibus [[libenter]] respondeat, non interrogantes percontetur [[ultro]], id. 2, 2, 6: [[quemadmodum]] impetum occupemus facere [[ultro]] in regem, Att. ap. Non. 355, 11: cum rex ab Attalo et Rhodiis [[ultro]] se [[bello]] lacessitum diceret, num Abydeni [[quoque]], inquit, [[ultro]] [[tibi]] intulerunt [[arma]]? Liv. 31, 18, 2; 21, 1, 3; 1, 17, 8; 2, 13, 2: ne collegae [[auxilium]], [[quod]] acciendum [[ultro]] fuerit, suā [[sponte]] oblatum sperneretur, id. 10, 19, 1 Weissenb. ad loc.: Cappadocem illum non [[modo]] recipiebat ([[Asia]]) suis urbibus, [[verum]] [[etiam]] [[ultro]] vocabat, Cic. Fl. 18, 61.—So, [[ultro]] tributa (and [[sometimes]] written as one [[word]], [[ultrotributa]]), expenditures made by the State for [[public]] works, Varr. L. L. 6, § 11 Müll.; Liv. 39, 44, 2; 43, 16, 2 and 7.—Trop.: [[virtus]] saepius in [[ultro]] tributis est, gives [[rather]] [[than]] receives, Sen. Ben. 4, 1, 2.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>ultrō</b>⁸ ([[ulter]]),<br /><b>1</b> en allant au delà, de l’autre côté : [[ultro]] istum a me Pl. Capt. 551, que cet individu s’en aille par delà loin de moi (au [[large]], loin de moi), cf. Pl. Amph. 320 ; Cas. 459 &#124;&#124; [d’ordinaire joint à [[citro]] et primit<sup>t</sup> avec idée de mouvement] : [[ultro]] et [[citro]] cursare Cic. Amer. 60, courir dans un sens et dans l’autre [allées et venues précipitées] ; [[ultro]] [[citro]] commeare Cic. Nat. 2, 83, circuler ici et là ; [[ultro]] citroque mittere Cæs. G. 1, 42, 4, envoyer de part et d’autre = réciproquement ; beneficia [[ultro]] et [[citro]] data, [[accepta]] Cic. Off. 1, 56, les bienfaits donnés et reçus avec réciprocité<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> en allant [[plus]] loin, par dessus le marché, de [[plus]], en outre : ultroque Cic. Fl. 45, et qui [[plus]] [[est]] ; cum [[ipse]] [[ultro]] deberet Cic. Quinct. 74, étant lui-même par-dessus le marché débiteur, cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 228 ; Quint. 5, 10, 107 ; <b> b)</b> en prenant les devants, en prenant l’offensive, sans être provoqué, de son propre mouvement, de soi-même : Cic. Phil. 2, 1 ; Off. 3, 86 ; Cæl. 21, etc. ; Liv. 21, 1, 3 ; 31, 18, 2, etc. &#124;&#124; [[ultro]] tributa, ōrum, n., [[Varro]] L. 6, 11, avances faites par l’état pour travaux publics ; [[ultro]] tributa infimis pretiis locare Liv. 39, 44, 7, adjuger des travaux publics avec avances de l’état au montant le [[plus]] faible [= à celui qui demande le moins], cf. Liv. 43, 10, 2 ; [fig.] Sen. Ben. 4, 1, 2.
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{{Georges
|georg=ultrō (sc. [[loco]], v. [[ulter]]), Adv., [[jenseits]], I) eig., [[jenseits]], [[drüben]], [[nach]] der anderen [[Seite]] [[hin]], gew. [[mit]] [[citro]] verb., [[ultro]] citroque, [[ultro]] et (ac) [[citro]] u. asyndet. [[ultro]] [[citro]], [[hinüber]] und [[herüber]], [[hin]] und her, [[von]] beiden Seiten, [[ultro]] et [[citro]] cursare, [[hin]] u. her [[laufen]], Cic.: commeare [[ultro]] ac [[citro]], [[Varro]], [[ultro]] citroque, Cic., od. [[ultro]] [[citro]], Cic. u. Suet., [[hin]] und her [[gehen]]: [[ultro]] citroque transcurrere, Liv.: [[ultro]] citroque mitti, Caes.: multis verbis [[ultro]] citroque habitis, Cic.: beneficiis [[ultro]] et [[citro]] datis acceptis, Cic.: datā [[ultro]] citroque [[fide]], Liv.: ea [[nunc]] [[derepente]] tanta beneficia [[ultro]] citroque, tantam amicitiam relinquemus? [[Cato]] fr.: [[ultro]] citroque integrant in oppide caedem, Sisenn. fr. – II) übtr.: a) um eine weite [[Entfernung]] zu [[bezeichnen]], [[fort]] [[mit]]! [[weg]] [[mit]]! (s. Brix Plaut. capt. 548), in der vertraulichen [[Sprache]], [[ultro]] istum a me, [[fort]] [[mit]] dem Menschen! [[weg]] [[mit]] ihm! Plaut.; so [[auch]] [[ultro]] istunc, Plaut.: [[ultro]] te [[amator]], Plaut. – b) [[von]] dem, [[was]] [[über]] [[etwas]] [[noch]] hinausgeht, [[überdies]], [[auch]] [[noch]], [[noch]] [[dazu]], [[noch]] [[obendrein]], [[sogar]], [[etiam]] me [[ultro]] accusatum veniunt, Cic.: ultroque iis [[sumptum]] intulit, Cic.: [[ultro]] accusantes, Liv.; vgl. Nauck Hor. carm. 4, 4, 51. – c) zum Ausdrucke [[einer]] [[Tätigkeit]], die [[von]] [[jenseits]], [[von]] der anderen [[Seite]] kommt ([[ohne]] [[Veranlassung]] u. [[Einfluß]] [[von]] [[diesseits]]), [[von]] [[selbst]], aus [[freien]] Stücken, [[freiwillig]], [[ohne]] Ver anlassung, [[unaufgefordert]], [[ohne]] [[Aufforderung]], [[wider]] [[Erwarten]], [[sponte]] et [[ultro]], Suet.: improbos [[ultro]] lacessere, Cic.: inferre [[arma]] [[ultro]], Tac.: [[ultro]] se offerre, Cic.: [[ultro]] polliceri, Planc. in Cic. ep.: [[ultro]] regium [[insigne]] sumere, Tac.: dah. [[ultro]] tributa, ōrum, n., die Ausgaben, die die [[Staatskasse]] [[auf]] öffentliche [[Gebäude]] usw. [[jährlich]] zu [[verwenden]] hatte, [[Varro]] LL. 6, 11. Liv. 39, 44, 7 u. 43, 16, 2: bildl., [[virtus]] saepius in [[ultro]] tributis est, gibt [[lieber]], [[als]] [[sie]] nimmt, Sen. de ben. 4, 1, 2.
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=ultro ADV :: besides, beyond; to/on the further/other side; voluntarily, unaided; wantonly
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