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utor
utor
Latin
Verb
ūtor (present infinitive ūtī, perfect active ūsus sum); third conjugation, deponent
- I use, employ.
- Hasdrubal, Hannibal's brother, when Hannibal failed to invade Rome after his victory at Cannae.
- Vincere scis, Hannibal, victoria uti nescis.
- You know how to obtain victory, Hannibal, but you do not know how to use it.
- Vincere scis, Hannibal, victoria uti nescis.
- Hasdrubal, Hannibal's brother, when Hannibal failed to invade Rome after his victory at Cannae.
- I enjoy, take advantage of.
- I experience, undergo, encounter.
- I wear.
- I consume.
Usage notes
Used with the ablative.
Inflection
Conjugation of utor (third conjugation, deponent) | |||||||
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indicative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | ūtor | ūteris, ūtere | ūtitur | ūtimur | ūtiminī | ūtuntur |
imperfect | ūtēbar | ūtēbāris, ūtēbāre | ūtēbātur | ūtēbāmur | ūtēbāminī | ūtēbantur | |
future | ūtar | ūtēris, ūtēre | ūtētur | ūtēmur | ūtēminī | ūtentur | |
perfect | ūsus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | ūsus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
future perfect | ūsus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | ūtar | ūtāris, ūtāre | ūtātur | ūtāmur | ūtāminī | ūtantur |
imperfect | ūterer | ūterēris, ūterēre | ūterētur | ūterēmur | ūterēminī | ūterentur | |
perfect | ūsus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | ūsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
imperative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | — | ūtere | — | — | ūtiminī | — |
future | — | ūtitor | ūtitor | — | — | ūtuntor | |
non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
infinitives | ūtī | ūsus esse | ūsūrus esse | — | — | — | |
participles | ūtēns | ūsus | ūsūrus | — | — | ūtendus | |
verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
ūtī | ūtendī | ūtendō | ūtendum | ūsum | ūsū |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- utor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- utor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “utor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (a state) has its own laws, is autonomous: suis legibus utitur (B. G. 1. 45. 3)
- to use Cicero's expression; to say with Cicero (not ut cum Cicerone loquar): ut Ciceronis verbis utar
- to use the mildest expression: ut levissime dicam (opp. ut gravissimo verbo utar)
- to use this example: ut hoc utar or afferam
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(ambiguous) to have favourable, contrary, winds: ventis secundis, adversis uti
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(ambiguous) to enjoy good health: bona (firma, prospera) valetudine esse or uti (vid. sect. VI. 8., note uti...)
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(ambiguous) to be ill, weakly: infirma, aegra valetudine esse or uti
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(ambiguous) to excuse oneself on the score of health: valetudinis excusatione uti
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(ambiguous) to find one's circumstances altered for the better (the worse): meliore (deteriore) condicione esse, uti
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(ambiguous) to make use of, avail oneself of an opportunity: occasione uti
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(ambiguous) to be fortunate, lucky: fortuna secunda uti
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(ambiguous) to be favoured by Fortune; to bask in Fortune's smiles: fortunae favore or prospero flatu fortunae uti (vid. sect. VI. 8., note uti...)
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(ambiguous) to experience the vicissitudes of fortune; to have a chequered career: varia fortuna uti
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(ambiguous) to solace oneself with the thought..: hoc solacio frui, uti
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(ambiguous) to be friendly with any one: uti aliquo amico
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(ambiguous) to be on very intimate terms with..: uti aliquo familiariter
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(ambiguous) to act in accordance with one's convictions: suo iudicio uti
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(ambiguous) to adopt half-measures: mediocribus consiliis uti
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(ambiguous) to go one's own way, proceed independently: suo consilio uti
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(ambiguous) to receive instruction from some one: disciplina alicuius uti, magistro aliquo uti
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(ambiguous) to quote an example: exemplo uti
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(ambiguous) to have as authority for a thing: auctore aliquo uti ad aliquid
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(ambiguous) to make a joke: ioco uti (Off. 1. 29. 103)
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(ambiguous) to make witty remarks: facetiis uti, facetum esse
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(ambiguous) to employ carefully chosen expressions: lectissimis verbis uti (De Or. 3. 37)
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(ambiguous) to employ a comparison, simile: simili uti
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(ambiguous) to possess presence of mind: praesenti animo uti (vid. sect. VI. 8, note uti...)
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(ambiguous) to behave with cruelty: crudelitate uti (vid. sect. VI. 8, note uti...)
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(ambiguous) to use threats: minis uti
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(ambiguous) to be endowed with reason: ratione praeditum esse, uti
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(ambiguous) to behave with moderation: temperantia uti
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(ambiguous) to have no principles: omnia temere agere, nullo iudicio uti
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(ambiguous) to enjoy a person's hospitality: hospitio alicuius uti
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(ambiguous) to be on intimate terms with some one: uti aliquo (familiariter)
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(ambiguous) to be on intimate terms with some one: alicuius familiaritate uti
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(ambiguous) to grant a people its independence: populum liberum esse, libertate uti, sui iuris esse pati
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(ambiguous) to use some one's evidence: aliquo teste uti
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(ambiguous) to use javelins at a distance, swords at close quarters: eminus hastis, comminus gladiis uti
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(ambiguous) to fight successfully: proeliis secundis uti
- (a state) has its own laws, is autonomous: suis legibus utitur (B. G. 1. 45. 3)
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press