utrubi

English

Noun

utrubi (uncountable)

1. (law, historical) In Ancient Roman law, a kind of interdict relating to disputes of possession over movable property.

Latin

Etymology

From uter (“which of two, whether”) +‎ ubi (“where”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.tru.biː/, [ˈʊt̪rʊbiː] or IPA^(key): /ˈu.tru.bi/, [ˈʊt̪rʊbɪ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.tru.bi/, [ˈuːt̪rubi]

Adverb

utrubi (not comparable)

1. (interrogative) at whether place?

References

• utrubi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• utrubi in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• “utrubi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press