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ŭtĭ-quĕ , adv. ut, I., and therefore, prop., in whatever way, be it as it may; hence, a restrictive particle of confirmation,
I.in any case, at any rate, certainly, surely, assuredly, by all means, particularly, especially, at least, without fail, undoubtedly, etc., = certe, saltem (good prose; “in Cic. for the most part only in epistolary style): velim, Varronis et Lollii mittas laudationem, Lollii utique,” Cic. Att. 13, 48, 2: “illud vero utique scire cupio,” id. ib. 13, 13, 1; “5, 9, 2: nam et Piliae satisfaciendum est et utique Atticae,” id. ib. 12, 8 fin.: “Pythagoras et Plato, quo in somnis certiora videamus, praeparatos quodam cultu atque victu proficisci ad dormiendum jubent: faba quidem Pythagorei utique abstinere,” id. Div. 2, 58, 119: “quo die venies, utique cum tuis apud me sis,” id. Att. 4, 4, 2; 5, 1, 2: “hoc tibi mando ... ut pugnes, ne intercaletur: annum quidem utique teneto,” id. ib. 5, 9, 2: “haec ad nostram consuetudinem sunt levia ... at in Graeciā, utique olim, magnae laudi erant,” Nep. Epam. 2, 3; Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 3: saevire inde utique consulum alter patresque, Liv. 2, 27, 7: “ne ipsi quidem inviolati erant, utique postremis mensibus,” id. 3, 65, 8; 23, 48, 5: “nomen, de quo ambigitur, utique in aliā re certum est,” Quint. 7, 3, 10; Sen. Ep. 102, 17; Cels. 5, 26, 22; Col. 1, 4, 8: sciendum est, non omnes hac severitate tractari debere, sed utique humiliores, only, merely, = duntaxat, Dig. 26, 10, 3 fin.—
(β). With negatives (freq. only in post-Aug. writers, esp. in Quint.; “perh. not in Cic.): concurrunt ad eum legati, monentes, ne utique experiri vellet imperium,” by no means, Liv. 2, 59, 4: “ut iterum periremus ... nec ad perniciem nostram Carthaginensi utique aut duce aut exercitu opus esse,” not even, id. 28, 39, 8 Weissenb. ad loc.; 8, 10, 11; “9, 16, 16: utique numquam,” id. 9, 19, 15: “sapienti propositum est in vitā agendā, non utique, quod tentat, efficere, sed omnino recte facere: gubernatori propositum est, utique navem in portum perducere,” Sen. Ep. 85, 27: “haec ut honestior causa, ita non utique prior est,” Quint. 3, 2, 2: “non utique accedit parti, quod universum est,” id. 12, 2, 18: “ut cogitatio non utique melior sit ea, sed tutior,” id. 10, 7, 19 et saep.: “nec ignoro igitur quos transeo, nec utique damno, etc.,” id. 10, 1, 57: “neque utique cor ejus vulneratum esse, qui perit,” id. 6, 9, 7; Varr. R. R. 1, 4, 21.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (18):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 13.48.2
    • Cornelius Nepos, Epaminondas, 2.3
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 5.26
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 59.4
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 27.7
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 9, 19
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 23, 48
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 28, 39.8
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 3, 65.8
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 2.58
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 3, 2.2
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 7, 3.10
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 7.19
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 12, 2.18
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 1.57
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 102.17
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 85.27
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 1.4.8
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