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πρᾶγμα ἐλπίδος κρεῖσσον γεγενημένον → the thing worse than one expected

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

altĕr-ŭter: altĕrū̆tra (more freq. than altera utra), altĕrū̆trum (more freq. than alterum utrum), adj. (in the
I obliq. cas. arch. alterutrius, alterutri, etc.; cf. Prisc. p. 667; 693 P.; gen. and dat. f. alterutrae, Charis. p. 132 ib.).
I One of two, the one or the other, either, no matter which (rare but class.): AD. ALTERVTRVM. SIBI. REDD(iderunt), Carm. Fr. Arv. 28: video esse necesse alterutrum, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 18: si in alterutro peccandum sit, malo viderinimis timidusquam parum prudens, id. Marcell. 7; so id. Fam. 6, 3; 9, 6; id. Att. 10, 1; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8 fin.: Alterutrum velox victoria fronde coronet, * Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 64; Nep. Dion, 4, 1.—With both parts declined (prob. only in the two foll. exs.): alteriusutrius causā, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 693 P.: longitudo alteriusutrius, Cic. Prot. Fragm. ib.—
II = uterque, both: necessarium fuit alterutrum foris et sub dio esse, Col. praef. 12.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

altĕrŭtĕr,¹¹ tra, trum (gén. alterutrius, dat. alterutri),
1 l’un des deux, l’un ou l’autre : horum Cic. Br. 143, l’un ou l’autre d’entre eux [ex his Cels. Med. 2, 20 ; Sen. Polyb. 9, 2 ; de his Cæl. d. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 3 ]; neque (se) rem publicam alterutro exercitu privare voluisse Cæs. C. 3, 90, 2, [il déclare] qu’il n’a pas eu l’intention de priver l’état de l’une ou l’autre armée ; video esse necesse alterutrum Cic. Cæcil. 58, je vois que l’une ou l’autre de ces alternatives s’impose nécessairement
2 [à la décad., réciprocité] alterutro ardore Aug. Ep. 211, 10, d’une ardeur réciproque