English → Latin
“usual” in Latin
ūsitorto use habituallymōsway or manner (of behaving); behavior; conduct; custom; habit; practice; usage; wont; character; disposition; inclinatioterōto rub or triturate; to wear away or wear out, consume; to treadvulgōto broadcast; to publish; to divulge; to issue; to make known among the people; to make common; to prostitute; to make kcotīdiānusdaily, everyday, quotidian; ordinary, pedestrianassoleōto be accustomed; to be customary, to be usual
The English word usual itself goes back to Latin ūtor, through ūsuālis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
usual
usitatus: more or usu receptus (that has become a custom): tritus: sermone tritus (that has been much in the mouth of the people, and hence has become usual; e.g., a proverb): vulgaris (customary, vulgar): quotidianus (of every day). ☞ Never use, in this sense, sollemnis; i. e., “made sacred by use,” whence it is wrong to say “hoc verbum sollemne est Ciceroni,” for “hoc vocabulo saepe utitur Cic..” ☞ Usual is often translated solet (sole nt) esse, etc. Which are the usual indications of poison, quae indicia et vestigia esse solent veneni: the usual question is, quaeri solet: as is usual with him, ut solet or assolet; (ex) consuetudine sua, or consuetudine only (Caes.). ☞ In English, “than usual” is used elliptically; e.g. “he returns sooner than usual” = “than it is usual with him to return.” In Latin there must always be a verb. Quicker than usual, citius quam solet (solent, etc.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for usual?
- The usual Latin words for “usual” are ūsitor, mōs, terō; also vulgō, cotīdiānus, assoleō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.