ultro
Latin
Etymology
From Latin ulter, originally the masculine ablative.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈul.troː/, [ˈʊɫ̪t̪roː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈul.tro/, [ˈul̪t̪ro]
Adverb
ultrō (not comparable)
- to the farther side, beyond, on the other side
- Synonym: ultrā
- Antonyms: citrā, hinc
- (with citro) to and fro, back and forth, on this side and on that
- afar, away, off
- besides, moreover, too, over and above
- Synonym: īnsuper
- conversely, on the other hand
- (figuratively) superfluously, gratuitously, wantonly
- (figuratively) of one's own accord, without being asked, spontaneously, voluntarily, freely
- c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Virgil, Georgicon 4.265:
- […] ultro / hortantem et fessas ad pabula nota vocantem
- […] freely / calling them and exhorting the weary insects to eat their familiar food.
- […] ultro / hortantem et fessas ad pabula nota vocantem
Derived terms
- ultrōneus
References
- “ultro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ultro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ultro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- on this side and on that; to and fro: ultro citroque
- to be the aggressor in a war; to act on the offensive: bellum or arma ultro inferre
- on this side and on that; to and fro: ultro citroque