consuetus Latin · revision 35880

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *sue(h1-)dhh1-}}

+

+ ==Forms==

+ '''cōnsuētus''' (feminine cōnsuēta, neuter cōnsuētum, superlative cōnsuētissimus); first/second-declension adjective^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+

+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the perfect passive participle [[der|la|cōnsuēscō|t=to become accustomed]], used as an adjective.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Conte 2010) De Vaan lists ⟨cōnsuēscere⟩ among the compounds of [[m|la|suēscō|t=to become accustomed]], an inchoative from [[itc-pro|*swē(þ)-sk-e/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*sue(h1-)dhh1-|t=to make one's own, get accustomed]]; he notes that the compounds are older than the simple verb, which is a back-formation.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|ἦθος|tr=êthos|t=custom, usage]].^(de Vaan 2008)

+

+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found first in Plautus' ''Vidularia'', in ''talis iactandis tuae sunt consuetae manus'', “your hands are used to throwing dice”.^(TLL)^(Conte 2010)

+

+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means accustomed or used to something, as of animals used to one another in Varro,^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) and, of things, customary, habitual or usual:^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Terence's ''Andria'' has a familiar love that was easy to see, Sallust a usual lust and familiar dangers, and Virgil ''consueta antra'', the usual caves.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010) Ovid uses it of ordinary words, and the superlative ''consuetissima verba'', “the most familiar words”.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+

+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means accustomed, usual or customary,^(Stelten 1995) as in the Vulgate's usual number of bricks.^(Georges 1913) It continues in Italian ''consueto''.^(Conte 2010)

+

+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of hands used to dice.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of a familiar love.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust uses it of usual dangers.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of ordinary words.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 390–406 AD – The Vulgate uses it of a usual number.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+

+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|accustomed|alt=Accustomed]], used (to something).^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

+ # [[m|en|customary|alt=Customary]], [[m|en|habitual]], usual; commonly used, ordinary.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Stelten 1995)

+

+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cōnsuēfaciō]]

+ * [[cōnsuēscō]]

+ * [[cōnsuētūdō]]

+

+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}