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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>ŭtĭ-nam</b>: adv. ut, II. A., a [[particle]] or wishing,<br /><b>I</b> oh [[that]]! I [[wish]] [[that]]! if [[only]]! would to [[heaven]]! would [[that]]! etc.<br /><b>I</b> Affirm atively.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> [[Alone]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With [[primary]] tenses: Ar. Hem! aspecta: [[rideo]]. De. Utinam, [[male]] qui mihi volunt, sic ri deant! Plaut. As. 5, 1, 13: [[utinam]] quae [[dicis]], dictis facta suppetant! id. Ps. 1, 1, 106: [[utinam]] mea mihi [[modo]] auferam quae huc adtuli salva, id. Aul. 3, 2, 19: [[utinam]] id [[sit]], [[quod]] [[spero]], Ter. And. 5, 4, 28: [[utinam]] sciam ita esse [[istuc]], id. Hec. 4, 1, 21: [[atque]] [[utinam]] [[ipse]] [[Varro]] incumbat in causam! Cic. Att. 3, 15, 3: ([[Tibur]]) Sit meae [[sedes]] [[utinam]] senectae! Hor. C. 2, 6, 6: [[utinam]] [[hinc]] abierit in malam crucem! Plaut. Poen. 3, 6, 4: cui [[quidem]] [[utinam]] [[vere]] [[fideliter]] abundiente auguraverim, Cic. Rep. 4, 8, 8 (from Non. p. 469, 15).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With [[secondary]] tenses: Am. Homo hic [[ebrius]] est. So. Utinam ita essem! Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 24: [[utinam]] lex esset [[eadem]], quae uxori est, viro! id. Capt. 4, 6, 7: [[utinam]] esset mihi Pars aequa amoris [[tecum]], Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 11: [[utinam]], [[Quirites]], virorum fortium [[atque]] innocentium copiam tantam haberetis, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 27: [[utinam]] promissa liceret Non [[dare]]! Ov. M. 2, 51: Me. Fugit te [[ratio]]. So. O [[utinam]] [[istuc]] pugni fecissent tui! Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 230: [[quod]] [[utinam]] [[ipse]] fecisset, Quint. 10, 1, 131: o [[utinam]] primis arsisses ignibus [[infans]] Idque ego passa forem! Ov. M. 8, 501: [[atque]] [[utinam]] aut [[verus]] [[furor]] [[ille]] aut creditus esset Nec [[comes]] hic Phrygias [[umquam]] venisset ad arces! id. ib. 13, 43.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Elliptically, [[without]] a [[verb]]: habetis sermonem [[bene]] [[longum]] hominis, [[utinam]] non impudentis! not, I [[trust]], Cic. de Or. 2, 88, 361: Caesaris ... [[cursus]] [[quid]] efficiat, [[exspecto]]: [[utinam]] aliquid [[simile]] Parthicis rebus (sc. efficiat), id. Att. 7, 11, 7: ego adero, [[atque]] [[utinam]] tu [[quoque]] [[eodem]] [[die]], id. ib. 13, 22, 4; cf. id. N. D. 3, 31, 78.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp. [[after]] [[quod]]: Quod [[utinam]] me suis arquitenes [[telis]] mactasset dea! Att. ap. Non. p. 341, 25 (Trag. Rel. v. 52 Rib.): [[quod]] [[utinam]] inspectare possis timorem de [[illo]] [[meum]], id. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 4, 7: [[quod]] [[utinam]] [[minus]] vitae cupidi fuissemus! Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 1; Sall. J. 14, 21; cf. App. Flor. 4, p. 359, 22; cf. elliptically: [[quod]] [[utinam]], [[iterum]] [[utinam]], tuo [[tamen]] [[commodo]]! Cic. Att. 13, 48, 1.—<br /><b>II</b> Negatively: [[utinam]] ne and [[utinam]] non ([[equally]] in [[use]]), oh [[that]] ... not; would [[that]] ... not: [[utinam]] ne in nemore Pelio securibus Caesa accidisset abiegna ad terram [[trabes]], Enn. ap. Cic. Top. 16, 61: [[quod]] [[utinam]] ne Phormioni id suadere in mentem incidisset! Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 5: illud [[utinam]] ne [[vere]] scriberem! Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 3: haec ad te [[die]] natali meo scripsi, quo [[utinam]] [[susceptus]] non essem, aut ne [[quid]] ex eādem matre [[postea]] natum esset! id. Att. 11, 9, 3: [[Clitus]] [[utinam]] non coëgisset me sibi irasci, Curt. 8, 8, 7: [[utinam]] liberorum nostrorum [[mores]] non ipsi perderemus? Quint. 1, 2, 6: utinamque non pejora vincant, id. 9, 3, 1; cf.: [[utinam]] non inquinasset ([[Afranius]]) argumenta puerorum foedis amoribus, id. 10, 1, 100: [[utinam]] nec ... nec, would [[that]] [[neither]] ... [[nor]], Phaedr. 4, 6, 6 sq.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>ŭtĭnam</b>,⁸ adv. (renforc<sup>t</sup> de l’adv. [[uti]], employé avec le subj. de souhait), fasse le ciel que, plaise (plût) aux dieux que : [avec subj.] [[utinam]] incumbat... Cic. Att. 3, 15, 7, puisse-t-il s’appliquer... ; [[utinam]] haberetis Cic. Pomp. 27, plût aux dieux que vous eussiez = que n’avez-vous... ; [[utinam]] auguraverim Cic. Rep. 4, 8, puissé-je avoir auguré... &#124;&#124; [ellipse du v.] Cic. de Or. 2, 361 ; Nat. 3, 78 ; Att. 9, 19, 2 ; 11, 4, 1 ; 13, 48, 1 ; 13, 22, 4 &#124;&#124; [avec [[quod]] de liaison] [[quod]] [[utinam]] Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 1, et puisse, cf. Cic. Att. 13, 48, 1 : Sall. J. 14, 21 &#124;&#124; [avec nég. ne ] Enn. d. Cic. Top. 61 ; Ter. Phorm. 157 ; Cic. Prov. 18 ; Fam. 5, 17, 3 &#124;&#124; [avec [[non]] et ne success<sup>t</sup>] Cic. Att. 11, 9, 3 ; [avec [[non]] ] Curt. 8, 8, 7 ; Quint. 1, 2, 6 ; 10, 1, 100.
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{{Georges
|georg=[[uti]]-[[nam]], Adv., beim Wunsche, daß [[doch]], möchte [[doch]], [[wenn]] [[doch]], [[hoffentlich]], [[primus]] [[ille]], et [[utinam]] [[ultimus]], [[exemplum]] proscriptionis invenit, Vell.: [[utinam]] incumbat in causam, Cic.: [[utinam]] haberetis, Cic.: [[utinam]] [[hinc]] abierit, Plaut.: [[utinam]] sit defunctum, Ter.: [[cui]] [[quidem]] [[utinam]] [[vere]] [[ante]] auguraverim, Cic. – verb. [[mit]] [[quod]], zB. [[quod]] [[utinam]] [[minus]] vitae cupidi fuissemus, Cic. – [[negativ]] [[utinam]] ne u. [[utinam]] [[non]], o daß [[doch]] [[nicht]], [[wenn]] [[doch]] [[nicht]], [[quod]] [[utinam]] ne Phormioni id suadere in mentem incĭdisset! Ter.: [[illud]] [[utinam]] ne [[vere]] scriberem! Cic.: [[quo]] [[utinam]] [[susceptus]] [[non]] essem, Cic.
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