A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges

by George Martin Lane

[693]. uter, utra, utrum, whether? which of the two? has the genitive singular utrīus, and the dative singular utrī.

The rest is like aeger ([617]). uter is sometimes relative, whichsoever, or indefinite, either of the two.

DERIVATIVES OF uter.

[694]. The derivatives of uter are declined like uter; they are:

neuter, neither of the two, genitive neutrīus, always with ī ([657]). When used as a grammatical term, neuter, the genitive is always neutrī: as, generis neutrī, of neither gender.

utercumque, utracumque, utrumcumque, whichever of the two, either of the two.

uterlibet, whichever you please.

uterque, whichsoever, both. G. always utriusque ([657]).

utervīs, whichever you wish.

alteruter, F. altera utra, Ne. alterutrum or alterum utrum, one or the other, G. alterīus utrīus, once late alterutrīus, D. alterutrī, Ac. M. alterutrum or alterum utrum, F. alterutram once (Plin.) or alteram utram, Ab. alterutrō or alterō utrō, F. alterā utrā. No Pl., except D. alterutrīs once (Plin.).