alteruter
πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention
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 || alterutro, alterutrum, pris advt, réciproquement : Tert. Ux. 2, 8 ; Flor. P. Verg. 184, 1, etc. || ab (de, ex) alterutro Aug. Ep. 127, 9 ; Tert. Mon. 10 ; Apol. 9, réciproquement.
la décl. des deux éléments séparés existe aussi : altera utra Cic. Rep. 3, 6 ; Liv. 28, 41, 10 ; alterum utrum Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 5 ; Nat. 1, 70, etc.; alterius utrius Cic. Att. 10, 1, 2 ; Fam. 9, 6, 3 ; alteram utram Cic. Div. 2, 62 ; altero utro Cic. Br. 143 ; alterā utrā Varro L. 8, 41 ; Liv. 8, 5, 6 || gén. et dat. f. arch. alterutræ, Char. 159, 2 ; Gell. 2, 11, 1.
