Definition of usus
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1.
LEM
ūsus, ūsūs
1 AV-
noun (m., 4th declension)
  1. use, practice, employment, exercise, enjoyment
  2. [in poetry] use, wear
  3. use, practice, exercise
  4. [in law in the phrase, usus et fructus (late, ususfructus)] the use and enjoyment, usufruct
  5. use, experience, discipline, acquired skill, training
  6. use, habit, usage, custom, practice
Abbreviations
ūsus ūs, m 1 AV-, use, practice, employment, exercise, enjoyment: virtus in usu sui tota posita est

— usus autem eius, etc.: rerum necessarium, Cs.

—Poet., use, wear: Ferreus adsiduo consumitur anulus usu, O.: silices tenuantur ab usu, O.

—Use, practice, exercise: usu cottidiano efficiunt, uti, etc., Cs.: adsiduus usus uni rei deditus: rerum maximarum.

—In law, in the phrase, usus et fructus (late, ususfructus), the use and enjoyment, usufruct: usus enim eius fundi et fructus testamento viri fuerat Caesenniae.

—Use, experience, discipline, acquired skill, training: Da. provinciam Cepisti duram. Ge. mi usus venit, hoc scio, i. e. I know it by experience, T.: quid enim abest huic homini? . . . ususne rerum? experience in affairs?: usum in re p. magnum habere: nullius usūs existimari, Cs.: nauticarum rerum, Cs.: aut belli usum aut studia volgi amissurus, S.: usu sapientiāque praestantes, N.: seris venit usus ab annis, O.

—Use, habit, usage, custom, practice: usum loquendi populo concessi: usum belli habere, Cs.: (vitulos) ad studium atque usum formabis agrestem, V.: cadent vocabula, si volet usus, H.

— Intercourse, familiarity, association, intimacy, society: domesticus: in tanto usu nostro tantāque amicitiā: ut insinuaret se in quam maxime familiarem usum, L.: nec longo cognitus usu, O.

—Use, usefulness, value, utility, benefit, profit, advantage: levis fructus, exiguus usus: propter lini inopiam atque eius usūs inscientiam, Cs.: naves non eundem usum celeritatis habebant, capacity, Cs.: Natis in usum laetitiae scyphis Pugnare, service, H.: Quidve ad amicitias, usus rectumne trahat nos, H.: plures quam quot satis in usum erant ignes, L.: (pars Numidiae) specie quam usu potior, better in appearance rather than in real value, S.

— As dat predic.: ea, quae sunt usui ad armandas navīs, which are of use, Cs.: esse mihi magno usui, of great service: peritos legum ad condenda nova iura usui fore credebant, L.

—In the phrase, ex usu, advantageous, serviceable, useful: declararent, utrum proelium ex usu esset necne, Cs.: quod ex usu rei p. sit.

—Use, occasion, need, want, necessity: illum usum provinciae supplere: quae belli usūs poscunt, suppeditare, L.

—In phrases with sum, there is need, it is necessary, it becomes requisite, there is occasion: An quoiquamst usus homini, se ut cruciet? is it necessary for any man to torture himself? T.: equitum impetum, cum adesset usus, sustinere, Cs.: de ceteris studiis alio loco dicemus, si usus fuerit, if there shall be occasion: navīs, quibus usus non est, omnīs praecidisse: quibus (navibus) consuli usus non esset, L.: nunc viribus usus, V.: Non usus factost mihi nunc hunc intro sequi, i. e. it does not suit me, etc., T.: alii offerunt se, si quo usus operae sit, L.

—In phrases with venio, it becomes necessary, occasion arises: Non usus veniet, spero, T.: ut, si usus veniat, suum quisque locum teneat, if occasion should arise, Cs.

—In the phrase, usu venit, it happens, it occurs, it befalls: idem mihi usu venit in causā optimā: si id culpā senectutis accideret, eadem mihi usu venirent: id quod usu venerat, actually occurred, N.: quod haec de Vercingetorige usu ventura opinione perceperat, Cs.: usu venire ut abhorreant, etc.
 
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