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|lshtext=<b>ūter</b>: [[tris]], m. (<br /><b>I</b> neutr. collat. form of plur. utria, Liv. And. ap. Non. p. 231, 31; gen. plur. utrium, Sall. J. 91, 1) [kindr. [[with]] [[uterus]]; v. Isid. Orig. 20, 6, 7], a [[bag]] or [[bottle]] made of an [[animal]]'s [[hide]], a [[skin]] for [[wine]], [[oil]], [[water]], etc., Plaut. Truc. 5, 11: unctos salire per utres, Verg. G. 2, 384; Curt. 7, 5, 10; Ov. Am. 3, 12, 29; Juv. 15, 20; Plin. 12, 7, 15, § 31; 28, 18, 73, § 240; Scrib. Comp. 84; Just. 1, 8, 13; Dig. 33, 6, 3. —Often [[inflated]] and used for [[crossing]] streams, Caes. B. C. 1, 48 Herz.; Liv. 21, 27, 5; Front. Strat. 3, 13, 6; Plin. 6, 29, 34, § 176; Amm. 30, 1, 9.—Poet.: crescentem tumidis infla sermonibus utrem, the [[swelling]] [[skin]], i. e. the [[vain]] [[man]], Hor. S. 2, 5, 98.<br /><b>ŭter</b>: tri, m., v. [[uterus]]<br /><b>I</b> init.<br /><b>ŭter</b>: ū&#774;tra, ū&#774;trum (<br /><b>I</b> gen. utrī&#774;us; dat. utri; gen. [[sing]]., scanned utrĭus, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 15; cf. [[uterque]]; gen. and dat. fem. utrae, acc. to [[Charis]]. p. 132 P.), pron. [for cuter, in form comp. of [[quis]]; cf. Engl. [[who]], whe - ther; cf. also Sanscr. katara, [[uter]], and Gr. [[πότερος]]>; Ionic, [[κότερος]]>].<br /><b>I</b> Interrogatively.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In [[direct]] questions.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With gen. [[part]].; sed [[uter]] vostrorum'st celerior? Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 42: agnūm horum [[uter]] est pinguior? id. ib. 2, 5, 1: [[uter]] [[nostrum]] [[popularis]] est? [[tune]] an ego? Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 11: [[uter]] est insanior horum? Hor. S. 2, 3, 102: peccat [[uter]] [[nostrum]] cruce dignius? id. ib. 2, 7, 47.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ex and abl.: [[uter]] ex his [[tibi]] [[sapiens]] videtur? Sen. Ep. 90, 14.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Neutr. and [[with]] apposit.-[[clause]]: [[utrum]] est [[melius]]? virginemne an viduam uxorem ducere? Naev. ap. Non. p. 136, 7 (Com. Rel. v. 53 Rib.): [[utrum]] [[igitur]] [[mavis]]? statimne nos [[vela]] facere, an ... [[paululum]] remigare? Cic. Tusc. 4, 4, 9; id. Verr. 2, 3, 37, § 84.—With plur. [[verb]]: [[uter]] meruistis culpam? Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 29: [[uter]] eratis, [[tun]]']] an [[ille]], major? id. ib. 5, 9, 60.—Plur., of [[two]] parties: sed utriscum rem esse [[mavis]]? Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 51.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In [[indirect]] questions.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With gen. [[part]].: [[nostrum]] [[uter]] [[sit]] [[blandior]], Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 58: harum duarum condicionum utram malis vide, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 85: is vestrorum [[uter]] [[sit]], cui [[signum]] datum est, Cette, Pac. ap. Non. p. 85, 4 (Trag. Rel. v. 62 Rib.): [[quod]] utri [[nostrum]] sanctius [[sit]], jam [[pridem]] [[sentis]] Liv 40, 9, 7: utrius horum Verba probes et facta, doce, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 15.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ex and abl.: de praemiis quaeritur: ex duobus, [[uter]] dignior; ex pluribus, [[quis]] dignissimus, Quint. 7, 4, 21.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With de and abl. ([[very]] [[rare]]): [[utrum]] de his [[potius]], dubitasset [[aliquis]], [[quin]] alterum, [[nemo]], Cic. Brut. 50, 189.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol.: omnibus [[cura]] viris [[uter]] esset induperator, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 86 Vahl.): et [[tamen]] [[utrum]] malis [[scio]], Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 15: [[utro]] frui malis, [[optio]] [[sit]] tua, Cic. Fat. 2, 3: sortirenturve, [[uter]] comitiis ejus anni praeesset, Liv. 35, 20, 3: non [[tantum]] [[utrum]] [[melius]], sed [[quid]] [[sit]] optimum quaeritur, Quint. 3, 8, 33: dijudicari, [[uter]] [[populus]] alteri pariturus esset, Vell. 2, 90, 3: elige, [[utrum]] facias, Ov. M. 9, 548: ignorante rege [[uter]] [[Orestes]] esset, Cic. Lael. 7, 24: considerando, utra lex ad majores res pertineat, id. Inv. 2, 49, 145: dubitare [[visus]] est [[Sulpicius]] et [[Cotta]], utrius [[oratio]] [[propius]] ad veritatem videretur accedere, id. de Or. 1, 62, 262: ita ut oculis, in utram partem fluit ([[flumen]]), judicari non possit, Caes. B. G. 1, 12: [[certamen]] consulibus inciderat, [[uter]] dedicaret aedem, Liv. 2, 27, 5: videamus [[uter]] [[plus]] scribere possit, Hor. S. 1, 4, 16.—Plur., of [[two]] parties or sets: sed utros ejus habueris libros—duo [[enim]] sunt corpora—an utrosque, [[nescio]], Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 11, 4: [[quaestio]] sequitur ex ipsis (testibus), utri meliores viri, Quint. 5, 7, 34: nec promptum est dicere, utros peccare validius putem, id. 10, 3, 12.—Neutr. [[with]] apposit. - [[clause]]: cogitare, [[utrum]] esset Agrigentinis utilius, suisne servire [[anne]] [[populo]] Romano obtemperare, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 33, § 73: videte [[utrum]] [[sit]] aequius, hominem dedi inimicissimis nationibus an reddi amicis, id. Font. 18, 41 (14, 31).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Repeated, [[which]] of [[two]] ... the [[other]]: ut [[nihil]] jam aliud quaerere debeatis, [[nisi]] [[uter]] utri insidias fecerit, Cic. Mil. 9, 23: ut ... [[neque]] dijudicari posset, [[uter]] utri virtute anteferendus videretur, Caes. B. G. 5, 44: scire de filiis tuis, [[uter]] ab [[utro]] [[petitus]] fraude et insidiis esset, Liv. 40, 55, 3: ambigitur [[uter]] [[utro]] [[sit]] [[prior]], Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 55: si non intellegitur, [[uter]] ab [[utro]] [[eversus]] [[sit]], Dig. 9, 2, 45.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>6</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Strengthened by ne: uterne Ad [[casus]] dubios fidet sibi certius, hic qui Pluribus assuerit mentem, etc., An qui [[contentus]] parvo? Hor. S. 2, 2, 107.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Indef. rel., [[whichsoever]] of [[two]], the one [[which]]: utram harum vis condicionem accipe, Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 13: convenit, victi utri sint in eo [[proelio]] ... focos, seque uti dederent, id. Am. 1, 1, 71: horum [[utro]] uti nolumus, altero est utendum, Cic. Sest. 42, 92: [[utrum]] [[enim]] horum dixeris, in eo [[culpa]] et [[crimen]] haerebit, id. Verr. 2, 3, 45, § 106: [[quotiens]] [[ille]] [[tibi]] optionem facturus [[sit]], ut eligas [[utrum]] velis, [[factum]] esse [[necne]] ... [[utrum]] dixeris, id [[contra]] te futurum, id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45: [[utrum]] [[igitur]] eorum accidisset, [[verum]] [[oraculum]] fuisset, id. Div. 2, 56, 116: [[uter]] [[enim]] ... penetrarit et [[uter]] ... accesserit, is vincat [[necesse]] est, id. Part. Or. 36, 123: [[utrum]] placet, sumite ... daret, [[utrum]] vellet subclamatum est, Liv. 21, 18, 13: utri eorum [[dedicatio]] jussu populi [[data]] esset, eum praeesse annonae, id. 2, 27, 5: utrius partis [[melior]] [[fortuna]] belli esset, ad ejus societatem inclinaturos, id. 31, 32, 5: [[uter]] [[aedilis]] fueritve Vestrum [[praetor]], is [[sacer]] esto, Hor. S. 2, 3, 180; 2, 5, 28: [[utro]] exercitu [[mallet]] ex duobus, quos, etc., Liv. 36, 1, 9: ut [[ipse]] optet, ex duobus ab lege constitutis suppliciis [[utrum]] velit pendere, Sen. Contr. 7, 23, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Indef., [[either]] of the [[two]], one or the [[other]], one of [[two]]: uti tu ad Laelium Luciumve consulem [[sive]] quem ad [[uter]] eorum jusserit proferes, Vet. Form. ap. Gell. 16, 4, 2: omnium controversiarum, quae essent [[inter]] aratorem et decumanum, si [[uter]] velit, edicit se recuperatores daturum, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 35: [[quid]]? si una [[tabula]] [[sit]], duo naufragi [[aeque]] sapientes; sibine [[uter]] rapiat, an [[alter]] cedat alteri? id. Off. 2, 23, 90: si cum [[utro]] eorum [[actum]] est, cum altero agi non potest, Dig. 9, 2, 45, § 3. —*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Whichsoever of [[more]] [[than]] [[two]]: quorum [[utrum]] ei acciderit, Vitr. 7 praef.— Hence, adv.: ū&#774;trō, to [[which]] of [[two]] places, to [[which]] [[side]] or [[part]]: nescit [[utro]] [[potius]] ruat et ruere ardet [[utroque]], Ov. M. 5, 166; Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 179; v. also [[utrum]].