LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

ūsuārius1

ūsuārius (feminine ūsuāria, neuter ūsuārium)
Classical[uː.suˈaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[u.s̬uˈaː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveThat which is used but not possessed.

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeūsuāriusūsuāriaūsuārium
genitiveūsuāriīūsuāriaeūsuāriī
dativeūsuāriōūsuāriaeūsuāriō
accusativeūsuāriumūsuāriamūsuārium
ablativeūsuāriōūsuāriāūsuāriō
vocativeūsuārieūsuāriaūsuārium
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeūsuāriīūsuāriaeūsuāria
genitiveūsuāriōrumūsuāriārumūsuāriōrum
dativeūsuāriīsūsuāriīsūsuāriīs
accusativeūsuāriōsūsuāriāsūsuāria
ablativeūsuāriīsūsuāriīsūsuāriīs
vocativeūsuāriīūsuāriaeūsuāria

ūsŭārĭus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. of or belonging to use, usuary, viz.,
I. Pass., that is used, made use of: servus, i. e. whom one has the use of, but does not own, Dig. 7, 8, 14; Gell. 4, 1, 23.—
II. Act., as subst.: ūsŭā-rĭus, ii, m., one who uses or has the use of a thing, but no right of property in it: usus aquae personalis est: et ideo ad heredem usuarii transmitti non potest, Dig. 7, 8, 21: eadem et in usuario dicenda sunt, ib. 7, 1, 13, § 2.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin ūsus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin ūsuārius From ūsus (“use”) + -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).

noun · masculinesecond declension
ūsuārius2
ūsuārius m (genitive ūsuāriī or ūsuārī)
Classical[uː.suˈaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[u.s̬uˈaː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. A person with the legal rights of ūsus; a person who can use a property to which they do not have legal ownership or rights.
  2. New LatinA user.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeūsuāriusūsuāriī
genitiveūsuāriī
ūsuārī
ūsuāriōrum
dativeūsuāriōūsuāriīs
accusativeūsuāriumūsuāriōs
ablativeūsuāriōūsuāriīs
vocativeūsuārieūsuāriī

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin ūsus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin ūsuārius From ūsus (“use”) + -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).

Descendants
  • Catalanusuari
  • Italianusuario
  • Portugueseusuário
  • Spanishusuario

Quick answers

What does ūsuārius mean in Latin?
ūsuārius, a adjective, means “That which is used but not possessed.”.
How do you pronounce ūsuārius?
In classical Latin, [uː.suˈaː.ri.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [u.s̬uˈaː.ri.us].