utervis

Latin

Etymology

uter (“either”) +‎ vīs (“you want”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /uˈter.u̯iːs/, [ʊˈt̪ɛru̯iːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /uˈter.vis/, [uˈt̪ɛrvis]

Pronoun

utervīs (feminine utravīs, neuter utrumvīs or utrunvīs); first/second-declension pronoun (nominative masculine singular in -er, pronominal; without or with m optionally → n in compounds) with an indeclinable portion

1. whomever of the two you want, either of the two
2. whichever of the two you want, either of the two

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er, pronominal; without or with m optionally → n in compounds) with an indeclinable portion.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	utervīs	utravīs	utrumvīs utrunvīs		utrīvīs	utraevīs	utravīs
genitive	utrī̆usvīs				utrōrumvīs utrōrunvīs	utrārumvīs utrārunvīs	utrōrumvīs utrōrunvīs
dative	utrīvīs				utrīsvīs
accusative	utrumvīs utrunvīs	utramvīs utranvīs	utrumvīs utrunvīs		utrōsvīs	utrāsvīs	utravīs
ablative	utrōvīs	utrāvīs	utrōvīs		utrīsvīs
vocative	utervīs	utravīs	utrumvīs utrunvīs		utrīvīs	utraevīs	utravīs

Adjective

utervīs (feminine utravīs, neuter utrumvīs or utrunvīs); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er, pronominal; without or with m optionally → n in compounds) with an indeclinable portion

1. whichever of the two you want, either of the two

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er, pronominal; without or with m optionally → n in compounds) with an indeclinable portion.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	utervīs	utravīs	utrumvīs utrunvīs		utrīvīs	utraevīs	utravīs
genitive	utrī̆usvīs				utrōrumvīs utrōrunvīs	utrārumvīs utrārunvīs	utrōrumvīs utrōrunvīs
dative	utrīvīs				utrīsvīs
accusative	utrumvīs utrunvīs	utramvīs utranvīs	utrumvīs utrunvīs		utrōsvīs	utrāsvīs	utravīs
ablative	utrōvīs	utrāvīs	utrōvīs		utrīsvīs
vocative	utervīs	utravīs	utrumvīs utrunvīs		utrīvīs	utraevīs	utravīs

See also

• quantumvīs
• quantusvīs
• quīvīs
• ubivīs

References

• “utervis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “utervis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• utervis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.