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ūter, tris, m. (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 (903): 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.

ŭter, tri, m., v. uterus init.

ŭter, ū̆tra, ū̆trum (gen. utrī̆us; 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].

• I Interrogatively.
• • A In direct questions.
  • • 1 With gen. part.; sed uter vostrorum'st celerior? Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 42 (321): agnūm horum uter est pinguior? id. ib. 2, 5, 1 (327): 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.—
    • 2 With ex and abl.: uter ex his tibi sapiens videtur? Sen. Ep. 90, 14.—
    • 3 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 (781): uter eratis, tun' an ille, major? id. ib. 5, 9, 60 (1119).—Plur., of two parties: sed utriscum rem esse mavis? Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 51 (145).—
  • B In indirect questions.
  • • 1 With gen. part.: nostrum uter sit blandior, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 58 (274): harum duarum condicionum utram malis vide, Ter. Heaut. 326: 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.—
    • 2 With ex and abl.: de praemiis quaeritur: ex duobus, uter dignior; ex pluribus, quis dignissimus, Quint. 7, 4, 21.—
    • 3 With de and abl. (very rare): utrum de his potius, dubitasset aliquis, quin alterum, nemo, Cic. Brut. 50, 189.
    • 4 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. 465: 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).—
    • 5 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.—
    • 6 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.—
• II Transf.
• • A Indef. rel., whichsoever of two, the one which: utram harum vis condicionem accipe, Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 13 (291): convenit, victi utri sint in eo proelio ... focos, seque uti dederent, id. Am. 1, 1, 71 (223): 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.—
  • 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. —*
  • C Whichsoever of more than two: quorum utrum ei acciderit, Vitr. 7 praef.— Hence, adv.: ū̆trō, 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.

1. uter, utris, Genet. Plur. utrium, m. (zu griech. ὑδρία, Wasserkrug), der Schlauch, bubulinus, aus Rindshaut, Solin.: caprinus, aus Bockshaut, Apul.: vini, voll Weines, Plaut.: unctos salire per utres, Verg.: Aeolios Ithacis inclusimus utribus euros, Ov. – als Schwimmaschine beim Übersetzen über Flüsse gebraucht, Caes., Liv. u.a. – poet., crescentem tumidis infla sermonibus utrem, d.i. den dünkelhaften Menschen, Hor. sat. 2, 5, 98. – Plur. auch utria, Lucil. 1104; vgl. Arnob. 1, 59. – ➳ Nbf. ūtris, is, m., Gloss. II, 212, 31, wo ›utris, ἀσκός‹, welchen Nomin. auch Mommsen Edict. Diocl. 10, 13–15 für die Kasus obliqui utrem und utris (Genet.) S. 71 (unter »Schlauch«) annimmt. Der Nom. uter steht sicher zB. Cels. 7, 18. p. 296, 36 D.; Vgl. Gloss. II, 212, 15 u. III, 489, 53 ›uter, ἀσκός‹.

2. uter, utra, utrum, Genet. utrius, Dat. utrī, (altind. katará -h, griech. πότερος, ion. κότερος), I) welcher von beiden, wer, welcher (von zweien), uter nostrûm popularis est? tune an ego? Cic.: uter utri insidias fecerit, Cic.: uter utro sit prior, Hor.: ut diiudicari non potuerit, uter populus alteri pariturus foret, Vell. 2, 90, 3: eligas, utrum velis, Cic.: quaerite, utrā graviori servitute liberati sint, Liv.: uterne ad casus dubios fidet sibi certius, hic qui... an qui etc., Hor.: utros habueris libros, an utrosque, nescio, Cic. – II) indefin.: A) wer immer von beiden, einer von beiden, si uter volet, Cic. Verr. 3, 35. – B) wer od. was immer (von mehreren), quorum utrum si accĭderit etc., Vitr. 7. praef. § 9. – ➳ α) Das i im Genet. kurz gemessen, Hor. ep. 1, 17, 15. – β) archaist. Genet. u. Dat. Fem. utrae, nach Charis. 158, 29. – γ) Neutr. uterum, Naev. com. 53 u. 115 nach Büchelers und Kießlings Vorschlag. – δ) utro u. utrum als Adv. s. bes. – ε) neque uter u. nec uter = neuter, Lucr. 4, 1209 (1217) u. 5, 836 (839).

3. uter, uterī, m., s. uterus ➳ .

1 uter [CL], leather bag for holding liquid (esp. wine, also transf. or fig.). b (transf.) vessel (of glass, metal, or other material) for holding liquid, bottle. gustum vini novi, hoc est doctrinae caelestis, invenimus quod non utres veteres, hoc est mentes adhuc terrenis desideriis inhaerentes, sed ‥ corda fidelium capere queunt Bede Tab. 418A; [Picti] congregantes undique de utribus et folliculis aquilonis innumeras gentes Eddi 19; emo cutes et pelles ‥ et facio ‥ †coligas [l. caligas] et utres [AS: butericas], frenos et falera Ælf. Coll. 97; summarii ‥ non lanceis, sed caseis, non ensibus, sed utribus ‥ onerantur P. Blois Ep. 94. 296A; Icarus primus plantator vinee utres plenos vino in curru tracto a bobus per diversa loca solebat deportare Natura Deorum 28; meliora sint eis ubera vino necesse est, quia vinum ‥ de uva semel exsugitur sed et de utre non nisi effunditur semel J. Ford Serm. 50. 9; c1209 in corda et utre ad puteum emptis multociens propter nimiam siccitatem xx d. Crawley 190; tu vas mellis, lactis uter Walt. Wimb. Virgo 65; ex utre virginis, hoc est ex utero Id. Carm. 142; 1365 pro quatuor paribus utrium emptis ad opus regis, xviij s. vj d. ExchScot 209; c1411 milites .. in ambassiatam missas .. cum iiij duodenis paribus utruum [sic], ij duodenis arcuum, jv duodenis cathapultarum, et iiij duodenis cornuum Cl 260 m. 16.  b 12‥ debeant ‥ uteri sive ampulle ad conservandum vinum et aquam in eucharistiam Domini esse argentei vel stannei Conc. Scot. II 54; caput ipsius [Ciri] in utre vitreo sanguine repleto recondidit Fortescue NLN II 22; 1480 pro iiijor utribus, de vitro et coopertis cum le wyker, quantitatis cujuslibet eorum unius lagene et ultra Ac. Chamb. Cant. 136.

2 uter [CL] 1 (as adj. or pron.) which (of two)?; b (in indir. qu.). c (in gl.). quid si uxorem meliorem habeat quam tu habes, utram malis? Alcuin Rhet. 30; utra fecundior ac fructuosior extiterit hesitas, opera Ieronimi, an opulentia Cresi? Gir. IK pref. p. 5.  b 1160 utrius ‥ electorum canonica aut sanior esset electio, facti quaestio simulabatur et juris J. Sal. Ep. 59 (124) p. 208; 1160 in medium prolata est norma fidei ‥ ut sic innotesceret universis utrius causae facies ei commodius posset aptari Ib. 64 (125); non reculit uter oculus magis fuerit infirmatus Canon. G. Sempr. f. 145; nec dictu facile est utra columnarum istarum pretiosior aut speciosior, robustiorve sit sive sublimior J. Ford Serm. 33. 8; altercatum est diu uter eorum ad alterum transire debuisset Map NC II 23 f. 32.  c uter, A. whether WW. 2 one (or the other, of two). b each (of two), both. duae uxores David utram sanctae ecclesiae vitam ‥ activam ‥ et speculativam significent Bede Sam. 705B; qui alium de iniquitate accusare voluerit, quod ipse utro [AS: aðor] aut censu aut commodo deterior sit ‥ sit ipse reus lingue (Cons. Cnuti) GAS 321.  b 722 necessario pro utrorum inluminatione ad predicandum ‥ fidei verbum ‥ Bonifatium ‥ apud eisdem partibus dirigere studuimus (Lit. Papae) Ep. Bonif. 17; alter [et] uter, alter et ambo GlC A 476; milvus vidit eos natantes et luctantes rapiensque eos utrum voravit Walt. Angl. FabP. 3; regraciantes ‥ abbati de B. et magistro N. de illorum munificencie titulo, unde uter illorum cum unius nobilis auri collacione me penes scolas liberaliter comfortarunt FormOx 327.

1 ŭtĕr, ĕrī, m. , c. uterus : Cæcil. 94.

2 ŭtĕr, (9) utra, utrum, gén. utrīus, dat. ŭtrī, ¶ 1 pronom relatif, celui des deux qui, celle des deux qui : uter eorum vita superarit, ad eum pars utriusque pervenit Cæs. G. 6, 19, 2, [subj. conséc.] à celui des deux qui remplit la condition de survivance, la part des deux revient, cf. Pl. Aul. 327 ; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 106 ; Cæcil. 45 ; Part. 123 ; Liv. 8, 6, 13 ; 21, 18, 13 ; Hor. S. 2, 3, 180 ¶ 2 employé comme interrogatif ; a) [direct] qui des deux ? uter nostrum ? Cic. Rab. perd. 11, qui de nous deux ? cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 102 ; 2, 7, 47 ; uter ex his ? Sen. Ep. 90, 14, qui de ces deux-là ? || utrum mavis ? statimne..., an...? Cic. Tusc. 4, 9, laquelle des deux choses aimes-tu le mieux ? est-ce tout de suite... ou bien...? || uterne ? Hor. S. 2, 2, 107, lequel des deux ? b) [indirect] : ignorante rege uter esset Orestes Cic. Læl. 24, le roi ignorant qui des deux était Oreste ; quærere, uter utri insidias fecerit Cic. Mil. 23, chercher qui des deux a tendu des embûches à lʼautre, cf. Cæs. G. 5, 44 ; Liv. 40, 55, 3 ; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 55 ; utrum de his potius (optaret), dubitasset aliquis Cic. Br. 189, lequel des deux choisir de préférence ? quelquʼun aurait pu hésiter ¶ 3 [pron. indéfini] nʼimporte lequel des deux, lʼun des deux : si uter volet Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 35, si lʼun des deux le veut ; horum utro uti nolumus, altero est utendum Cic. Sest. 92, nous ne voulons pas de lʼun des deux, il faut se servir de lʼautre ¶ 4 = utercumque, quel que soit celui des deux qui : Cic. Pis. 27 ; Div. 2, 141.

➳ noter utrĭus Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 15 || gén. et dat. f. arch. utræ dʼaprès Char. 158, 29.

3 ŭtĕr, (12) tris, m. , outre [pour liquides] : Virg. G. 2, 384 ; Plin. 12, 31, etc. || [pour traverser un cours dʼeau] : Cæs. C. 1, 48 ; Sall. J. 91, 1 ; Liv. 21, 47, 5 || [fig., pour désigner un vaniteux] : Hor. S. 2, 5, 98 || gén. pl. utrium Sall. J. 91, 1.

➳ pl. n. utria Lucil. Sat. 1104 ; Arn. 1, 59 ; Non. 231, 31.

uter , utra, utrum. adj. gen. utrius. dat. utri.
二中誰。二皆。其中何。

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ūter (1) tris, m

• cf. uterus, a bag of hide, leathern bottle, vessel of skin, skin: unetos salvere per utrīs, V.: sine utribus ire (i. e. skins for floats), Cs.: in utris vestimentis coniectis flumen tranavere, L.—Poet.: Crescentem tumidis infla sermonibus utrem, i. e. the vain man, H.

uter (2) utra, utrum, gen.utrīus (rarely utrius, H.), dat.utrī, pron.

• for * quoter or * cuter; CA-.
• II. Interrogative, which of two, which, whether: uter nostrum popularis est? tune an ego?: uter est insanior horum, H.: utra igitur causa popularis debet videri?: ab utro (insidiae) factae sint, incertum est: quod utri nostrum sanctius sit, iam pridem sentis, L.: utrius horum Verba probes et facta, doce, H.: Elige, utrum facias, O.: ita ut oculis, in utram partem fluat (flumen), iudicari non possit, Cs.—Plur., of two collections or sets: sed utros eius habueris libros—duo enim sunt corpora—an utrosque, nescio: utrum de his potius, dubitasset aliquis, quin alterum, nemo.—Repeated, which of two . . . the other: ut nihil iam aliud quaerere debeatis, nisi uter utri insidias fecerit: scire de filiis tuis, uter ab utro petitus fraude et insidiis esset, L.: Ambigitur uter utro sit prior, H.—Strengthened by ne: uterne Ad casūs dubios fidet sibi certius, hic qui . . . An qui, etc., H.—
• IIII. Indefinite, whichsoever of the two, whichever one, the one which: herum utro uti nolumus, altero est utendum, i. e. if either of these does not suit us, we must appeal to the other: utrum enim horum dixeris, in eo culpa et crimen haerebit: utri eorum dedicatio iussu populi data esset, eum praeesse annonae, L.: uter aedilis fueritve Vestrum praetor, is sacer esto, H.—Either of the two, one or the other, one: omnium controversiarum, quae essent inter aratorem et decumanum, si uter velit, edicit se recuperatores daturum.

Uter

(ἀσκός). A bag made of the skin of an animal (an ox, pig, or goat), carefully stitched at the sides, and made tight by the application of pitch or wax. It was thus used (1) as a wine-skin (uter vinarius) chiefly for the transportation of wine from place to place (see vinum); and

(2) as a means of sport for the rustics, as shown in the article ascoliasmus (q. v.) (Verg. Georg. ii. 384). Water was also carried in skin-bags by armies on the march. The persons in charge of the watersupply were therefore called utrarii (Livy , xliv. 33).