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“wont” in Latin
mōsway or manner (of behaving); behavior; conduct; custom; habit; practice; usage; wont; character; disposition; inclinatiocōnsuētūdōThe act of habituating; state of being habituated or accustomed, habituation.; A custom, habit, use, usage, convention, soleōto be accustomed, used to, in the habit ofassoleōto be accustomed; to be customary, to be usualcōnsuēscōto accustom, inure or habituate, tend to; to accustom oneself to, to get used to; to be wont to, have accustomed oneselfīnsuēscōto accustom, habituate (oneself); become accustomed or get used to; to make accustomed, accustom
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
wont s.
mos: consuetudo. (The words are found in this connection and order.) mos atque consuetudo. Vid: also, CUSTOM.
wont v.
solere: assolere: consuevisse: assuevisse (Cic.); insuevisse (Tac.). I am wont to, sic assuevi, consuevi; haec est mea consuetudo; ita facere soleo; ita fert mea consuetudo (Cic.); sic meus est mos (Hor.). One is wont to, consuetudo hujus rei facta est (Cels.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for wont?
- The usual Latin words for “wont” are mōs, cōnsuētūdō, soleō; also assoleō, cōnsuēscō, īnsuēscō. 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.