ultra

ultrā, adv. and prep. [ulter].

I.

Adv.

A.

Prop., on the other side:

dextera nec citra mota nec ultra,

neither on that side nor on this, neither backwards nor forwards, Ov. M. 5, 186.—

B.

Transf., in gen., beyond, farther, over, more, besides; of space (rare): ultra procedendi facultas, Auct. B. Afr. 50, 3.—

2.

Of time, degree, etc.:

estne aliquid ultra, quo progredi crudelitas possit?

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 119:

ne quid ultra requiratis,

id. Univ. 3:

ut nihil possit ultra,

id. Att. 15, 1, B, 2:

quia ultra nihil habemus,

id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94:

melius ultra quam citra stat oratio,

Quint. 8, 6, 76; 3, 1, 9:

quid ultra Provehor?

Verg. A. 3, 480:

jam nihil ultra exspectantibus,

Quint. 9, 4, 30; cf. id. 7, 1, 59: eam (mortem) cuncta mortalium mala dissolvere;

ultra neque curae neque gaudio locum esse,

Sall. C. 51, 20:

hac tempestate serviundum aut imperandum... nam quid ultra? id. Or. Lepid. contra Sull. 5: nullum ultra periculum vererentur,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 39:

quos alios muros, quae jam ultra moenia habetis?

Verg. A. 9, 782.—Of time:

usque ad Attium et ultra porrectas syllabas geminis vocalibus scripserunt,

farther, later, Quint. 1, 7, 14:

nec ultra bellum Latinum dilatum,

Liv. 2, 19, 2.—

C.

Esp., on account of its comparative sense, freq. followed by quam:

ultra enim quo progrediar, quam ut veri videam similia, non habeo,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 17:

ultra quam homini datum est provehi,

Quint. 6, prooem. §

10: ultra quam satis est,

Cic. Inv. 1, 49, 91; 1, 18, 26; Quint. 12, 7, 12:

ultra quam oporteat,

id. 2, 4. 7;

2, 5, 24: ultra quam ullus spiritus durare possit,

id. 8, 2, 17; Liv. 40, 30, 5:

nec ultra moratus, quam, etc.,

Tac. A. 6, 44.—

D.

Comp.: ultĕrĭus, in the signif. of the posit., beyond, farther on, farther (mostly poet.; in prose rare and only postAug.).

(α).

= ultra, cum quo Riphaeos possim conscendere montes Ulteriusque domo vadere Memnoniā, Prop. 1, 6, 4:

abire,

Ov. M. 2, 872:

ulterius nihil est, nisi non habitabile frigus,

id. Tr. 3, 4, 51.—

(β).

Transf., = longius or amplius;

procedere,

Quint. 5, 11, 34:

ulterius ne tende odiis,

Verg. A. 12, 938:

si me ulterius provexerit ira,

Prop. 2, 15 (3, 7), 19:

revocavit me cogitationi aptae traditum, et iturum, si licuisset, ulterius,

Sen. Ep. 102, 1:

robur ulterius adversus eam saeviendi gentem,

Val. Max. 1, 1, 15:

nec ulterius dare corpus inutile leto Aut vacat aut curat,

farther, longer, more, Ov. M. 12, 344:

non tulit ulterius,

id. ib. 3, 487:

rogabat Ulterius justo,

beyond what was right, more than was right, id. ib. 6, 470.—

E.

Sup.: ultĭmē.

1.

Extremely, to the last degree:

nudam flagris ultime verberat,

App. M. 10, p. 250, 33:

affectus,

id. ib. 1, p. 105, 22.—

2.

At last, Sen. Ep. 76, 22 (dub.; al. ultimum).

II.

Prep. with acc., on the farther side of, beyond, past:

cis Padum ultraque,

Liv. 5, 35, 4:

ultra Silianam villam,

Cic. Att. 12, 27, 1:

milibus passuum II. ultra eum (montem) castra fecit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 1, 49; id. B. C. 3, 26; 3, 66:

ultra Terminum,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 10:

dextra paulum prolata ultra sinum,

Quint. 11, 3, 159; cf. id. ib. §

118.— Placed after the noun: sunt certi denique fines, Quos ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 107:

portas ultra procedere,

Prop. 4 (5), 7, 29:

Euphratem ultra,

Tac. A. 15, 17 fin. —

b.

Transf.

(α).

Of time, beyond, past, longer than:

(Gorgias) et illorum fuit aemulus ut ultra Socratem usque duravit,

Quint. 3, 1, 9:

non durat ultra poenam abdicationis,

id. 9, 2, 88: ultra rudes annos, id. 1, 1, 20:

ultra pueriles annos,

id. 1, 11, 19.—

(β).

Of number, measure, degree, quality, etc., beyond, above, over, more than, = supra:

paulo ultra eum numerum, Auct. B. Alex. 21: non ultra heminam aquae assumere,

Cels. 4, 2, 4 fin.:

adhibent modum quendam, quem ultra progredi non oporteat,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 38:

ultra fidem,

Quint. 8, 6, 73:

modum,

id. 10, 3, 32; 11, 1, 90:

quid est ultra pignus aut multam?

Cic. Phil. 1, 5, 12: ultra Romanorum et mortalium etiam morem aliquem curare, Sall. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 2, 9:

juvenis ultra barbarum, promptus ingenio,

Vell. 2, 118, 2:

Maecenas otio ac mollitiis paene ultra feminam fluens,

id. 2, 88, 2:

si mortalis ultra Fas trepidat,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 31:

ultra Legem tendere opus,

id. S. 2, 1, 1:

vires ultra sortemque senectae,

Verg. A. 6, 114:

si ultra placitum laudarit,

id. E. 7, 27.