USUS, usus
Sounds Like: OO-soos
Translations: use, a use, practice, a practice, custom, a custom, experience, an experience
From the root: USUS
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the act of using something, or a habitual practice or custom. It can also denote experience gained through practice. It is commonly used to describe the application or employment of something, or a long-standing tradition.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Genitive or Vocative, Masculine
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 9 — 32:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, USUS.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- USU — (by) use, (by) custom, (by) experience, (by) practice, (in) use, (with) use, (from) use, (to) use, (for) use
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