uterque

Latin

Etymology

From uter +‎ -que. Compare Gothic 𐍈𐌰𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌿𐌷 (ƕaþaruh), which may be inherited from the same source.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ʊˈtɛr.kʷɛ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [uˈt̪ɛr.kʷe]

Pronoun

uterque (feminine utraque, neuter utrumque or utrunque); first/second-declension pronoun (nominative masculine singular in -er, pronominal; without or with m optionally → n in compounds)

each (of two), either, both
Sit utrīsque Venus Pompeiāna propitia et semper concordēs vīvant.
May Pompeian Venus be propitious in her heart to them both and may they always live harmoniously.
- c. 45 BCE, Cicero, Tusculan Disputations 2.4:
  Ita est utraque res sine altera debilis.
  Thus each is feeble without the other.
- 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Ad Atticum 6.1.9:
  Sed credo te ... binas meas de omnibus rebus accepisse, ... utrasque tuis pueris datas.
  But I believe you ... received my two letters concerning all these things, ... both given to your children.
- perh. post 2nd c. CE but ancient, Hyginus astronomus, Poeticon Astronomicon 2.2:
  Nonnulli etiam Helicen et Cynosuram nymphas esse Iouis nutrices dicunt, et hac re etiam pro beneficio in mundo conlocatas, et utrasque Arctos appellatas esse, quas nostri Septentriones dixerunt.
  Some say the Ursa Major and Ursa Minor are Jupiter's nursing nymphs, and for this reason they were placed on the world [sky] for our benefit, and were both named Arctos ("the Bears"), who we [the Romans] have also called the Septentriones ("the Northerners").

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er, pronominal; without or with m optionally → n in compounds) with an indeclinable portion.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	uterque	utraque	utrumque utrunque	utrīque	utraeque	utraque
genitive	utrī̆usque			utrōrumque utrōrunque	utrārumque utrārunque	utrōrumque utrōrunque
dative	utrīque			utrīsque
accusative	utrumque utrunque	utramque utranque	utrumque utrunque	utrōsque	utrāsque	utraque
ablative	utrōque	utrāque	utrōque	utrīsque
vocative	uterque	utraque	utrumque utrunque	utrīque	utraeque	utraque

Derived terms

utrimque

Related terms

Latin correlatives ^(edit)

type	demonstrative			anaphoric	identity	interrogative		indefinite					negative	other
type	proximal	medial	distal	anaphoric	identity	relative	emphatic	relative	indefinite	free choice	universal	negative polarity	negative	other
basic	hic	iste, istic	ille, illic	is	ipse, īdem	quis/quī	quisnam, ecquisnam, quinam	quisquis, quīcumque	quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quispiam	quīvis, quīlibet	quisque	quisquam, ūllus, °aliquisquam	nēmō, nihil, nūllus	alius
dual						uter		utercumque	alteruter	utervīs, uterlibet	uterque		neuter	alter
place	hīc	istīc	illīc	ibī̆	ibī̆dem	ubī̆	ubinam	ubiubi, ubī̆cumque	alicubī, uspiam	ubivīs, ubilibet	ubīque	usquam	nusquam, nūllibī	alibī, aliās
source	hinc	istinc	illinc	inde	indidem	unde		undecumque, undeunde	alicunde	°undelibet	undique			aliunde
destination	hūc, °hōrsum	istūc, °istōrsum	illūc, °illōrsum	eō	eōdem	quō, quōrsum	quonam	quōquō, quōcumque	aliquō, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum	quōvīs, quōlibet		quōquam	nusquam, nūllōrsum	aliō, aliōrsum
method, means, path, place	hāc	istāc	illāc	eā	eādem	quā	quanam	quāquā, quācumque	aliquā	quāvīs, quālibet	quāque	°quāquam	nēquāquam, haudquāquam	aliā
manner	hōc modō	istō modō	illō modō	ita, sīc, eō modō	item, itidem	ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum	utinam	utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque	quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō	quōmodolibet	utīque	ūllō modō	nūllō modō	aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
time	num, nunc		ōlim	tum, tunc	simul	quandō, ‡cum		cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque	quondam, aliquandō	quandōlibet	quandōque	umquam	numquam	aliās
quantity				tam	†tamen, †tandem	quam		†quamquam	aliquam	quamvīs, quamlibet
size				tantus	tantusdem	quantus		quantuscumque	aliquantus	quantusvīs, quantuslibet
size (smallness)				tantulus		quantulus, quantillus		quantuluscumque	aliquantulus	quantuluslibet
quality				tālis		quālis		quālis, quāliscumque	aliquālis	quālislibet			nihili
number				tot	totidem	quot		quotquot, quotcumque	aliquot	quotlibet
order				totus		quotus		quotuscumque	aliquotus	quotuslibet
repetition				totiēns		quotiēns		quotiēnscumque	aliquotiēns	quotiēnslibet
multiplication				totuplex		quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimilated ° Rare ‡only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative

References

“uterque”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“uterque”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
uterque in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to discuss both sides of a question: in utramque partem, in contrarias partes disputare (De Or. 1. 34)
- (ambiguous) in both cases; whichever way you look at it: in utraque re
uterque in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016