FromMiddle Englishut(“first degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”),Italianut in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the opening wordLatinut(“how”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymnUt queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.
Jussive andoptative sentences were often followed by some adverbialut(i), originally meaning "in some way" (sometimes interchangeable with instrumentalqui(“by some means”)).Ut becominghabitual, lost its full meaning and was weakened to the conjunctionut, which now fell to govern thesubjunctive mood. This was the epitome of the evolution of subordinate clauses in Latin.[2]
how,that,so that, to, in order to, in order that;introduces the subject or objectclause of a verb, purpose or effect; note thatquō replacesut when there is a comparative in the subordinate clause of purpose.
“ut”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ut”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
ut inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894)Latin Phrase-Book[2], London:Macmillan and Co.
the frost set in so severely that..:tanta vis frigoris insecuta est, ut
I cannot wait till..:nihil mihi longius est orvidetur quam dum orquam ut
it is high time that..:tempus maximum est, ut
a man of considerable learning for those times:vir ut temporibus illis doctus
the matter has gone so far that...; the state of affairs is such that..:res eo orin eum locum deducta est, ut...
I was induced by several considerations to..:multae causae me impulerunt ad aliquid orut...
it is no longer in my power:mihi non est integrum, ut...
to give a man the opportunity of doing a thing:facultatem alicui dare alicuius rei orut possit...
to be induced by a consideration:adduci aliqua re (ad aliquid orut...)
to take great pains in order to..:studiose (diligenter, enixe, sedulo, maxime) dare operam, ut...
to strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter:omnibus viribusornervis contendere, ut
to strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter:omni ope atque opera oromni virium contentione eniti, ut
to strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter:contendere et laborare, ut
to strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter:pro viribus eniti et laborare, ut
to induce a person to think that..:aliquem ad eam cogitationem adducere ut
I think that..:in hac sum sententia, ut...putem
according to my opinion:ut mea fert opinio
according to my opinion:ut mihi quidem videtur
I am gradually convinced that..:addūcor, ut credam
I cannot make myself believe that..:non possum adduci, ut (credam)
to form a plan, make a resolution:consilium capere, inire (de aliqua re, with Gen. gerund., with Inf., more rarelyut)
to give a person advice:auctorem esse alicui, ut
I cannot bring myself to..:a me impetrare non possum, ut
my intention is..:consilium est c. Inf. orut
my intention is..:id sequor, ut
the matter tends towards..., has this object.[1:res eo spectat, ut
with the intention of..:eo consilio, ea mente, ut
he had such an extraordinary memory that..:memoria tanta fuit, ut
to have a superficial knowledge, a smattering of literature, of the sciences:primis (ut dicitur) orprimoribus labris gustare orattingere litteras
for a Roman he is decidedly well educated:sunt in illo, ut in homine Romano, multae litterae (De Sen. 4. 12)
to do a thing which is not one's vocation, which goes against the grain:adversante et repugnante natura orinvitā Minervā (ut aiunt) aliquid facere (Off. 1. 31. 110)
systematic succession, concatenation:continuatio seriesque rerum, ut alia ex alia nexa et omnes inter se aptae colligataeque sint (N. D. 1. 4. 9)
it follows from this that..:sequitur (notex quo seq.)ut
it follows from this that..:ex quo, unde, hinc efficitur ut
to pass from myth to history:ut a fabulis ad facta veniamus
as Homer sings (notcanit):ut ait Homerus
but to return from the digression we have been making:verum ut ad id, unde digressa est oratio, revertamur
the task I have put before myself is..:mihi propositum est c. Inf. (ormihi proposui, ut)
anger is defined as a passionate desire for revenge:iracundiam sic (ita) definiunt, ut ulciscendi libidinem esse dicant orut u. libido sit oriracundiam sic definiunt, ulc. libidinem
the wordaemulatio is employed with two meanings, in a good and a bad sense:aemulatio dupliciter dicitur, ut et in laude et in vitio hoc nomen sit
as the proverb says:ut est in proverbio
as the proverb says:ut orquod orquomodo aiunt, ut orquemadmodum dicitur
to lose one's composure; to be disconcerted:de gradu deici, ut dicitur
to love some one very dearly, with all one's heart:aliquem toto pectore,ut dicitur, amare (Leg. 18. 49)
there is nothing I am more interested in than..:nihil antiquius orprius habeo quam ut (nihil mihi antiquius orpotius est, quam ut)
this is a characteristic of virtue, it..:virtus hoc habet, ut...
to promise an oath to..:iureiurando ac fide se obstringere, ut
good-bye; farewell:vale orcura ut valeas
it is customary to..:mos (moris) est, ut (Brut. 21. 84)
as usually happens:ut fit, ita ut fit, ut fere fit
as usually happens:ut solet, ut fieri solet
as you sow, so will you reap:ut sementem feceris, ita metes (proverb.) (De Or. 2. 65)
a man's policy is aiming at, directed towards..:alicuius in re publica orcapessendae rei publicae consilia eo spectant, ut...
to propose a law in the popular assembly:legem ferre or simplyferre ad populum, ut...
Solo ordained by law that..:Solo lege sanxit, ut orne
the laws of Solon ordained that..:Solonis legibus sanctum erat, ut orne
on condition of..:ea lege, ut
to form a conspiracy:coniurare (inter se) de c. Gerund. orut...
to issue a proclamation calling on the senators to assemble in full force:edicere,ut senatus frequens adsit (Fam. 11. 6. 2)
the senate decreed (and the people ratified the decree) that..:senatus decrevit (populusque iussit) ut
to take care not to..:non committere, ut...
to ordain as punishment that..:hanc poenam constituere in aliquem, ut...
peace is concluded on condition that..:pax convenit in eam condicionem, ut...
as Cicero says:ut ait Cicero (always in this order)
to use Cicero's expression; to say with Cicero (notut cum Cicerone loquar):ut Ciceronis verbis utar
so to speak (used to modify a figurative expression):ut ita dicam
not to mention..:ut non (nihil) dicam de...
to say nothing further on..:ut plura non dicam
to put it briefly:ut breviter dicam
in short; to be brief:ut paucis (rem) absolvam
in short; to be brief:ut paucis (brevi, breviter) complectar
in short; to be brief:ut brevi comprehendam
in short; to be brief:ut brevi praecīdam
to sum up..:ut eorum, quae dixi, summam faciam
to use the mildest expression:ut levissime dicam (opp.ut gravissimo verbo utar)
to express myself more plainly:ut planius dicam
to put it more exactly:ut verius dicam
to say once for all:ut semel orin perpetuum dicam
to use the same simile, illustration:ut in eodem simili verser
to use this example:ut hoc utar orafferam
as I said above:ut supra (opp.infra)diximus, dictum est
this is not the place to..:non est hic locus, ut...
putting aside, except:ut omittam c. Accus.
to except the fact that..:ut praetermittam c. Acc. c. Inf.
^Basselaar, (1960) Propylaeum Latinum, São Paulo, Editora Herder,p.387
^Palmer, L.R. (1906) The Latin Language, London, Faber and Faber
Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor,A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published1867,page73
