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ŭter-vīs

whichever of the two you please

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What it meant

1. utervis — de Vaan

utervis 'whichever of the two you please' (Ter.+), utrubi "in which of two places?' (Naev.+), utrubique 'in both places, on both sides' (P1.+), neuter 'not one nor the other, neither' (P1.+), neutrubl 'in neither place' (PL). Pit *kwotero- ( » Lat. *kwutero-). It. cognates: O. puterelpid [loc.sg.m.], puturuspid [nom.pl.m.], puturufrnpid [gen.pl.m.J, U. putrespe [gen.sg.?] 'both' < *potero-kwid. PIE *kwo-tero- 'which … — [de Vaan, s.v. utervis, p. 661]

2. ŭter-vīs — Lewis & Short

ŭter-vīs, utrăvis, utrumvis,

I pron. indef., which of the two you will, either one of the two, either (be it which it may) of the two: qui utramvis recte norit, ambas noverit, Ter. And. prol. 10: si utrumvis horum umquam tibi visus forem, id. Hec. 4, 1, 10: at minus habeo virium quam vestrum utervis, Cic. Sen. 10, 33: vel ego amare utramvis possim, si probe appotus siem, Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 8: tange utramvis digitulo minimo modo, id. ib. 3, 4, 15: ut utrumvis salvo officio se facere posse arbitrarentur, Cic. Rosc. Am. 1, 4.—Prov.: in aurem utramvis otiose dormire, i. e. to be free from care, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 101; cf.: Ps. De istac re in oculum utrumvis conquiescito. Cal. Utrum oculum anne aurem? Ps. At hoc pervolgatumst nimis, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 121 (Gr. e)p' a)mfote/ra kaqeu/dein, sc. ta\ w)=ta, Menand. Fragm. C. G. F. 4, 189).

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