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Latin
Etymology
Passive use of the perfect active participle of ūsitor (“I use often”, “I am in the habit of using”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
ūsitātus (feminine ūsitāta, neuter ūsitātum, comparative ūsitātior, superlative ūsitātissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- usual, wonted, customary, common, ordinary, accustomed, familiar
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “ūsĭtātus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “usitatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- usitatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- obsolete, ambiguous expressions: prisca, obsoleta (opp. usitata), ambigua verba