usitatus Latin · revision 31703

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la ūtor}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [uː.sɪˈtaː.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [u.s̬iˈtaː.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ūsitātus''' (feminine ūsitāta, neuter ūsitātum, comparative ūsitātior, superlative ūsitātissimus); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the participle of an old frequentative ⟨*ūsitor⟩, formed from [[m|la|ūtor|t=to use]] with ⟨-itō⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|ūtor]] to [[itc-pro|*oitō]], perhaps first “to fetch for oneself”, and possibly to [[ine-pro|*h₃eyt-|t=to take along]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[osc|úíttiuf|t=use]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who has it of a practice: a man paid money to escape condemnation, “that is customary”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means commonly used or practised, familiar or everyday, of words, things and customs, and ''usitatum est'' is “it is customary”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it “usual, customary, familiar”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a customary practice.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|usual|alt=Usual]], [[m|en|customary]], familiar, everyday;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) ''usitatum est'', it is customary.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[utor|alt=ūtor]]

+ * [[usus|alt=ūsus]]

+ * [[inusitatus|alt=inūsitātus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}