neuter

neuter

neuter, tra, trum, Genet. gew. neutrīus, Dat. neutri (ne u. uter), keiner von beiden, I) im allg.: quid bonum sit, quid malum, quid neutrum, Cic.: neutram in partem moveri, gleichgültig bleiben, Cic.: neutram in partem effici possunt, weder zum Schaden, noch zum Heile, Cic.: homo neutrius partis, neutral, Suet.: neutra acies laeta ex eo certamine abiit, Liv.: neuter consulum, Liv.: debemus neutrum eorum contra alterum iuvare, Caes.: neutri alteros primo cernebant, Liv.: ita fiet, ut neutra lingua alteri officiat, Quint. – neuter m. folg. Plur. des Verbums, ut caveres, neuter ad me iretis, Plaut. Men. 785: quia neuter consulum potuerant bello abesse, Liv. 9, 44, 2. – II) insbes.: a) als gramm. t. t., genus neutrum, gew. bl. neutrum, das sächliche Geschlecht, Varro LL. u.a. Gramm.: dah. nomina neutra, gew. bl. neutra, Nomina sächlichen Geschlechtes, Varro LL. u. Cic.: neutra verba, die weder Aktiva noch Passiva sind, Gramm. – b) als philos. t. t., neutrae res od. subst. neutra = ἀδιάφορα, weder gute noch schlechte Dinge, gleichgültige Dinge, Adiaphora, s. Cic. Tusc. 4, 28. – / Genet. neutri, Auson. epigr. 46, 6. p. 208 Schenkl u. bei den Gramm. immer in der Verbindung neutri generis, Charis. 25, 13. Diom. 302, 19. Prisc. 5, 2. Prob. cath. 11, 16 K. Serv. Verg. Aen. 1, 449. Auct. de gen. nom. p. 77 H. Gramm. Vatic. 5, 241 (a) u.a. (dah. wohl auch Varro LL. 9, 62 die Hdschrn. u. Sp.2 richtig neutri; vgl. ibid. § 55 u. 58): Genet. Sing. im Femin. archaist. auch neutrae, Charis. 158, 28. Prisc. 6, 4 (ohne Beleg): Dat. Sing. im Femin. auch neutrae, Cael. bei Prisc. 6, 5. – neuter auch dreisilbig nēuter gesprochen, Consent. (V) 389, 28; vgl. Schmitz u. Havet in Wölfflins Archiv 1, 286 u. 448. Birt im Rhein. Mus. 34, 1 f.


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