usitor

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ūsĭtor, ātus, 1, v. freq. dep. [utor],

to use often , be in the habit of using; as a verb. fin. only a few times in Gellius in the perf.; with abl.: verbo, Gell. 17, 1, 9; 10, 21, 2: anulis, id. 10, 10, 1.—Much more freq. and quite class.: ūsĭtātus , a, um, P. a., in the passive sense, usual , wonted , customary , common , ordinary , accustomed , familiar : hoc jam vetus est et majorum exemplo multis in rebus usitatum, Cic. Caecin. 16, 45: usitatus honos pervulgatusque, id. Phil. 14, 4, 11: nomen, Quint. 3, 6, 53: vocabula, Cic. Fin. 3, 2, 4: apud eos omne genus cuniculorum notum atque usitatum est, Caes. B. G. 7, 22: usitato more peccare, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 9: penna, Hor. C. 2, 20, 1: potiones, id. Epod. 5, 73: oratio, Quint. 8, 3, 4: alius, ne condemnaretur, pecuniam dedit: usitatum est, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 117; cf., with acc. and inf.: cum eas non solum refelli, sed etiam accusari sciamus usitatum esse, Quint. 5, 5, 1.— Comp. : faciamus tractando usitatius hoc verbum et tritius, Cic. Ac. 1, 7, 27: quod usitatius esse coepit, Quint. 3, 9, 4.— Sup. : utatur verbis quam usitatissimis, Cic. Or. 25, 85: mos, Quint. 1, 7, 14.—Adv.: ūsĭtātē , in the usual manner : loqui, Cic. Fin. 4, 26, 72; 5, 29, 89: dictum, Gell. 19, 7, 3.— Comp. : dicere, Gell. 13, 20, 21; Aug. Trin. 9.