both Copy link Outline 1. ambō, ambae, ambŏ (regarded as forming a unity)2. gĕmĭnus (of things that are naturally or usu. in pairs)3. duo, duae, duo (used like the preceding4. ŭterque, utraque, utrumque (regarded as separate, yet placed in the same relation to a third object. Although the Eng. word is plu. and takes the plu. verb, the Latin word is gen. sing., except when it denotes two parties; but the verb is sometimes plu. with the sing. of uterque) • both: 1. ambō, ambae, ambŏ (regarded as forming a unity): we are b. very curious, sumus a. belle curiosi, Cic.: b. the consuls, consules a., Liv. 2. gĕmĭnus (of things that are naturally or usu. in pairs): b. eyes, geminae acies, Virg.: b. feet, g. pedes, Ov.: b. hands, g. manus, Mart. 3. duo, duae, duo (used like the preceding: but chiefly poet.): he raised an immense bowl with b. his hands, ingentem manibus tollit cratera d., Ov.: mutual regard and social love ruled them b., mutua cura duos et amor socialis habebat, Ov. 4. ŭterque, utraque, utrumque (regarded as separate, yet placed in the same relation to a third object. Although the Eng. word is plu. and takes the plu. verb, the Latin word is gen. sing., except when it denotes two parties; but the verb is sometimes plu. with the sing. of uterque): b. came with an army, uterque cum exercitu venit, Caes.: b. parents, uterque parens, Ov.: to argue on b. sides, in utramque partem disserere, Cic.: they are b. mad, uterque insaniunt, Pl.: b. of them lead out their armies from the camps, uterque eorum ex castris exercitum ducunt, Caes.: b. parties made a cruel use of their victory, utrique victoriam crudeliter exercebant, Sall.: he stretched out b. hands, palmas utrasque tetendit, Virg. Phr.: on b. sides, utrimque: as, the trumpets sound on b. sides, tubae utrimque canunt, Pl.: to mutilate a viper at b. ends, viperam u. praecidere, Plin.: Cic.: to b. places, in b. directions, utroque, Cic.: Liv.: also in same sense utrŏbīque: Cic.: Hor.
both (conj.) Copy link Outline 1. both ... and (i) ĕt ... ĕt2. both ... and not • both (conj.): 1. both ... and (i) ĕt ... ĕt: b. the pupil and the teacher, et discipulus et magister, Pl. (ii) ĕt ... quĕ: this has always been an honour b. to individuals and to communities, id et singulis universisque semper honori fuit, Liv. (iii) quum ... tum: fortune has very great influence b. over affairs generally and especially in war, fortuna q. in reliquis rebus, tum praecipue in bello plurimum potest, Caes.: Cic. (iv). tum ... tum (N.B. Not tum ... quum): b. elegant, and also full of strength, tum elegans, tum fortissimum, Quint. (But in Cic. probably always of what is done at successive times.) (v). quā ... quā (only with ref. to place): ivy clothes everything, b. the lower part of the villa and the spaces between the pillars, omnia convestit hedera qua basim villae, qua intercolumnia, Cic.: Plin. (vi). sĭmŭl ... sĭmŭl (i. e. at one and the same time): they came to him to the camp, b. to excuse themselves, and that they might obtain their request about the truce, ad eum in castra venerunt, s. sui purgandi causa, s. ut de induciis impetrarent, Caes.: Liv. 2. both ... and not: (i) et ... nĕqŭe (nec): v. NOT ONLY ... BUT ALSO. (ii) ĕt ... ĕt nōn (where a single word is qualified by the negative): this will b. be very agreeable to me, and not very much out of the way for you, id et nobis erit perjucundum et tibi non sane devium, Cic. See L. G. § 568.
BOTH Copy link • BOTH 1. ambo (both together): uterque (both severally, one as well as the other): duo (in such connections as duobus oculis, duabus manibus). On both sides, utrimque; utrobique. From both sides, utrimque. To both sides, places, utroque. Conscience has great force on both sides, magna est vis conscientiae in utramque partem. Many being killed on both sides, multis utrimque interfectis. They may be said both ways, utroque versum dicantur. He made one camp out of both, una castra fecit ex binis castris. Both (where two parties, or several on each side, are referred to), utrique (plur.). 2. conj., both - and, et - et, cum - tum, tum - tum. I have lost both my money and my labor, et pecuniam et operam perdidi. Both in time of peace and war, tum in pace, tum in bello. They kill both men and women alike, feminas pariter atque viros trucidant. Have you lost both wit and goods? consilium simul cum re amisisti? Both covetous and prodigal, sordidus simul et sumtuosus.