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uterer

uterer is a Latin form of utor, meaning “use, employ (+abl.)”. It is the 1st person singular imperfect passive subjunctive.

Found 29 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.2.164: … nia convenire. neque enim, si maxime statuae deiectae essent ego eas vobis possem iacentis ostendere; hoc uno uterer, civitatem tam gravem iudicasse statuas C. Verris demoliendas. hoc mihi Metellus non eripuit; haec etiam addi …

Cicero, Orator 132: … flammat, ut me ipse non teneam; nec umquam is qui audiret incenderetur, nisi ardens ad eum perveniret oratio. Vterer exemplis domesticis, nisi ea legisses, uterer alienis vel Latinis, si ulla reperirem, vel Graecis, si deceret …

Ovid, Heroides 17.258: Uterer; utetur, siqua puella sapit —

All forms of utor (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.