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Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Adverbial accusative of uter, used as a conjunction.
Conjunction
utrum
- whether
1485, Thomas Aquinas, “Part III, Question 42”, in Summa Theologiae:Quarto, utrum solum debuerit docere verbo, vel etiam scripto.- 4. Whether He should have preached by word only, or also by writing.
Usage notes
- Used with an (“or”) in the construction utrum...an (“whether...or”):
Nescio quid intersit, utrum nunc veniam, an ad decem annos.- I know not what matter it is, whether I come now or after ten years.
- Used with an (“or”) to introduce double direct questions, without translating utrum explicitly:
Utrum tu pro ancilla me habes an pro filia?- Do you regard me as your slave or as your daughter?
- Used with necne in the construction utrum...necne (“whether...or not'”).
Tune scis utrum Vergilius praeclarissimus poeta Romanus sit necne?- Do you know whether or not Vergilius was the most famous Roman poet?
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
utrum
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of uter
References
- “utrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “utrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to offer a person the alternative of... or..: optionem alicui dare, utrum...an
- (ambiguous) it is a debated point whether... or..: in contentione ponitur, utrum...an
Swedish
Noun
utrum n
- (grammar) common gender
- Synonyms: n-genus, reale
- Antonyms: t-genus, neutrum
- (grammar) A word of common gender.
Declension
No inflected forms.[1]
References