adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective
ūsuālis
ūsuālis (neuter ūsuāle, adverb ūsuāliter)
Classical[uː.suˈaː.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[u.s̬uˈaː.lis]
Meaning
- two terminationthat is for use, that is in service: utilitarian
- two terminationthat is fit for use, that serves one's use: useful, noteful, serviceable
- two terminationthat is of common or frequent use: usual, common, ordinary, customary, habitual, everyday
- Medieval Latintwo terminationcurrent (in use, not obsolete)
- Medieval Latintwo terminationsubject to ordinary customs, duties, and/or taxes
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ūsuālis | ūsuālis | ūsuāle |
| genitive | ūsuālis | ūsuālis | ūsuālis |
| dative | ūsuālī | ūsuālī | ūsuālī |
| accusative | ūsuālem | ūsuālem | ūsuāle |
| ablative | ūsuālī | ūsuālī | ūsuālī |
| vocative | ūsuālis | ūsuālis | ūsuāle |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ūsuālēs | ūsuālēs | ūsuālia |
| genitive | ūsuālium | ūsuālium | ūsuālium |
| dative | ūsuālibus | ūsuālibus | ūsuālibus |
| accusative | ūsuālīs ūsuālēs | ūsuālīs ūsuālēs | ūsuālia |
| ablative | ūsuālibus | ūsuālibus | ūsuālibus |
| vocative | ūsuālēs | ūsuālēs | ūsuālia |
ūsŭālis, e, adj. 2. usus.
I. That is for use, fit for use (post-class.):
mancipia, Dig. 39, 4, 16, § 3.—* II. Usual, common, ordinary:
sermo, Sid. Ep. 4, 10; Ambros. in Luc. 7, n. 150.—Hence, adv.: ūsŭālĭter, in the usual manner (late Lat.), Cassiod. Var. 2, 39.Origins
From nominal ūsus (“use”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives from nouns or numerals).
Descendants
- Catalanusual
- Italianusuale
- Englishusualfrom Old French usuel
- Frenchusuelfrom Old French usuel
- Germanusuellfrom Old French usuel
- Portugueseusual
- Romanianuzual
- Spanishusual
- Asturianusual
- Galicianusual
In English words that came into English from ūsuālis
- usualūsuālis