usus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →utor, uti, usus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
use, make use of, enjoy; enjoy the friendship of (with ABL);
nom. sg. perf. part. - Entry →usus, usus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
use, enjoyment; experience, skill, advantage; custom;
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.nom. sg.voc. pl.voc. sg.
Examples
Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...advertite mentem: arma acri facienda viro. nunc viribus usus, nunc manibus rapidis, omni nunc arte magistra. praecipitate moras..."Ecloga II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...ulmo. quin tu aliquid saltem potius, quorum indiget usus, viminibus mollique paras detexere iunco? invenies alium..."Liber I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...passim riuis currentia uina repressit, ut uarias usus meditando extunderet artis paulatim, et sulcis frumenti quaereret herbam..."Liber II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...sacrorum. sunt alii, quos ipse uia sibi repperit usus: hic plantas tenero abscindens de corpore matrum deposuit sulcis..."Liber III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...iactantur inanes. hoc faciunt, nimio ne luxu obtunsior usus sit genitali aruo et sulcos oblimet inertis, sed rapiat..."Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...arte salutem. Exiguus primum atque ipsos contractus in usus eligitur locus; hunc angustique imbrice tecti parietibusque premunt artis..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...verbosis dicitur et fatuis. ista cum lingua, si usus veniat tibi, possis culos et crepidas lingere carpatinas..."Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...ensemque recludit Dardanium, non hos quaesitum munus in usus. hic, postquam Iliacas vestis notumque cubile conspexit, paulum lacrimis..."