The assignment is to insert uter / neuter / alter / uterque / utrimque:
Tullus: “Deos facio testes ------ prius populus ------ populi legatos res repetentes superbe dimiserit”
I have troubles figuring this one out. Is there a benign textkitter who can help me?
Look at line 25 on page 117 for a hint (Ad haec Tullus, “Nuntiate,” inquit…).
excellent, thanks!
I still, though, have some trouble distinguishing “uter” from “uterque”
It seems that they both means “both (of two)”
And, can someone hint me at how to distinguish “uter/uterque” from “ambo” ?
“Uter” refers to one of two. “Uterque” is both of the two. For the difference between “uterque” and “ambo,” you’d get the best answer by consulting a dictionary. How much is what I say worth?
This note is from the Lewis & Short entry for “uterque.”
applied to two subjects regarded severally, while ambo regards the two as a pair
http://artflsrv02.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/perseus/getobject.pl?c.19:383.LewisShort18
From the entry for “ambo” in Lewis & Short.
The difference between ambo and uterque is thus given by Charis. p. 49 P.: Ambo non est dicendum, nisi de his, qui uno tempore quid faciunt, utpote reges Eteocles et Polynices ambo perierunt quasi unā; Romulus autem et Africanus non ambo triumphārunt, sed uterque; quia diverso tempore).
http://perseus.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.0:2178.lewisandshort
Two guys are at a bar.
Which of them is drunk? Uter …
Each of them is drunk. Uterque …
Both of them are drunk. Ambo …
Two girls are at a bar.
Which of them is drunk? Utra …
Each of them is drunk. Utraque …
Both of them are drunk. Ambae …
All of them will die from the coronavirus. Omnes …
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