ū^trum — Lewis & Short
ū^trum, adv.uter.
I Introducing an alternative question (direct or indirect), with an beginning the second clause (v. an); in Engl. represented in direct questions simply by the tone of voice, and in indirect questions by whether.
A In a direct interrogation.
1 With ne,
(a) Attached to the emphatic word of the first clause:
utrum tu masne an femina es?Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 16: Ba. Simulato me amare. Pi. Utrum ego istoc jocon' assimulem, an serio, id. Bacch. 1, 1, 42:
utrum studione id sibi habet an laudi putat Fore?Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 28:
utrum igitur tandem perspicuisne dubia aperiuntur an dubiis perspicua tolluntur?Cic. Fin. 4, 24, 67:
utrum censes illum tuamne de se orationem libentius auditurum fuisse an meam?id. ib. 2, 19, 60.—
(b) With ne attached to utrum, utrumne ... an (poet. and post-Aug.): utrumne jussi persequemur otium ... An hunc laborem, etc. Hor. Epod. 1, 7:
utrumne salvum eum nolet orator, an? etc.,Quint. 12, 1, 40:
utrumne igitur ego sum, Domiti, exemplo gravis an tu, qui, etc.,Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 4.—
(g) With ne repeated in place of an (very rare): sed utrum terraene motus, sonitusne inferum Pervasit auris? Att. ap. Prisc. 6, p. 680 P. (Trag. Rel. v. 479 Rib.).—
2 Without ne, utrum ... an (class.):
utrum pro ancillā me habes, an pro filiā?Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 13:
utrum hac me feriam, an ab laevā, latus?id. Cist. 3, 13:
sed utrum nunc tu coelibem ted esse mavis liberum, an maritum servom, etc.,id. Cas. 2, 4, 11:
utrum pro dimidiā parte, an pro totā societate? Utrum pro me an pro me et pro te?Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 32:
utrum ea vestra an nostra culpa est?id. Ac. 2, 29, 95; id. Tusc. 1, 25, 61.—
B In an indirect interrogation.
1 With ne attached,
(a) To the emphatic word of the first clause: sed utrum strictimne attonsurum dicam esse an per pectinem Nescio, Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 18:
videndum'st primum utrum eae velintne an non velint,id. Most. 3, 1, 151:
cum animo depugnat suo, Utrum itane esse ma. velit ... an ita potius,id. Trin. 2, 2, 26; id. Ps. 2, 4, 19; id. Bacch. 3, 4, 1: de istac rogas Virgine? Py. Ita, utrum praedicemne an taceam? Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 53:
ea res nunc in discrimine versatur, utrum possitne se parsimonia defendere, an, etc.,Cic. Quint. 30, 92:
videamus, utrum ea fortuitane sint an eo statu, quo, etc.,id. N. D. 2, 34, 87; id. Phil. 2, 12, 30; cf.:
est ... illa distinctio, utrum ... an ... et utrum illudne ... an, etc.,id. Tusc. 4, 27, 59.—
(b) With ne attached to utrum; utrumne ... an (poet. and post-Aug.):
nec quidquam differre utrumne in pulvere ... ludas opus, an meretricis amore Sollicitus plores,Hor. S. 2, 3, 251:
utrumne Divitiis homines an sint virtute beati,id. ib. 2, 6, 73:
in eo plures dissenserunt, utrumne hae partes essent rhetorices, an ejusdem opera, an elementa,Quint. 3, 3, 13:
Dareus dubitaverat utrumne circa Mesopotamiam subsisteret, an interiora regna sui peteret,Curt. 4, 9, 1; Col. 11, 1, 50; Suet. Caes. 80; Tac. Or. 37.—
(g) With ne attached to an; utrum ... anne:
me jussit percontarier utrum aurum reddat anne eat secum simul,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 1, 4:
est quaerendumque utrum una species sit earum anne plures,Cic. Or. 61, 206:
id autem utrum illi sentiant anne simulent, tu intelleges,id. Att. 12, 51, 2; cf. uter, I. B. 4, fin.—
2 Without ne:
quid tu, malum, curas, Utrum crudum an coctum edim,Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 16:
facite indicium, utrum hac an illac iter institerit,id. Cist. 4, 2, 11:
utrum stultitiā facere ego hunc an malitiā Dicam, incertus sum,Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 54:
id utrum Romano more locutus sit, an, quomodo Stoici dicunt, postea videro,Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 3:
permultum interest, utrum perturbatione aliquā animi, an consulto fiat injuria,id. Off. 1, 8, 27:
quid interest utrum hoc feceris, an, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 75, § 174; id. Rosc. Com. 3, 9:
multum interest, utrum laus imminuatur, an salus deseratur,id. Fam. 1, 7, 8: quomodo transierit, utrum rate an piscatorio navigio, nemo sciebat, Cael. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 41; Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8; Cat. 17, 21.—
3 With necne (rarely ne) in place of the second clause with an; utrum ... necne, whether ... or not:
jam dudum ego erro, qui quaeram, utrum emeris necne,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 35:
di utrum sint necne sint quaeritur,id. N. D. 3, 7, 17:
utrum proelium committi ex usu esset necne,Caes. B. G. 1, 50: deliberent, utrum traiciant legiones necne ... et Brutum arcessant necne, et mihi stipendium dent an decernant, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 26; Liv. 39, 48, 2.—So, utrum ... ne:
cum interrogaretur, utrum pluris patrem matremne faceret? matrem inquit,Nep. Iphic. 3, 4.—
II Introducing a disjunctive question with more than two members, with an beginning each clause after the first.
A A direct question:
utrum hoc tu parum commeministi, an ego non satis intellexi, an mutasti sententiam?Cic. Att. 9, 2:
utrum hoc signum cupiditatis tuae an tropaeum necessitudinis an amoris indicium esse voluisti?Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 47, § 115; 2, 3, 36, § 83:
utrum hostem an vos an fortunam utriusque populi ignoratis?Liv. 21, 10, 6; 6, 7, 3:
utrum major ... an majores ... an aetas ... an cum Karthaginiensi, etc.,id. 28, 43, 12.—
B An indirect question:
in quo (convivio) nemo potest dicere utrum ille plus biberit an vomuerit an effuderit,Cic. Pis. 10, 22:
utrum admonitus an temptatus an sine duce ullo ... nescio,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105.—
III Introducing a single question without an expressed alternative (cf. the similar use of an).
a In a direct interrogation:
utrum enim in clarissimis est civibus is, quem judicatum hic duxit Hermippus?Cic. Fl. 19, 45:
utrum igitur hactenus satis est?id. Top. 4, 25:
utrum majores vestri omnium magnarum rerum et principia exorti ab diis sunt et finem eum statuerunt?Liv. 45, 39, 10.—
b In an indirect interrogation:
neque utrum ex hoc saltu damni salvum scio eliciam foras,Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 30:
an hoc dicere audebis, utrum de te aratores, utrum denique Siculi universi bene existiment, ad rem id non pertinere?Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 167: Nep. Eum. 6, 1.—With the interrog. particle nam:
cum percontatus esset, utrumnam Patris universa classis in portu stare posset,Liv. 37, 17, 10 dub. Weissenb. ad loc. (Hertz and Madv. possetne).