usualis

Latin

Etymology

From nominal ūsus (“use”) +‎ -ālis (suffix forming adjectives from nouns or numerals).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /uː.suˈaː.lis/, [uːs̠uˈäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /u.suˈa.lis/, [us̬uˈäːlis]

Adjective

ūsuālis (neuter ūsuāle, adverb ūsuāliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. that is for use, that is in service: utilitarian
2. that is fit for use, that serves one's use: useful, noteful, serviceable
3. that is of common or frequent use: usual, common, ordinary, customary, habitual, everyday

   Synonyms: cotīdiānus, ōrdinārius, sollemnis

4. (Medieval Latin) current (in use, not obsolete)
5. (Medieval Latin) subject to ordinary customs, duties, and/or taxes

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	ūsuālis	ūsuāle		ūsuālēs	ūsuālia
genitive	ūsuālis			ūsuālium
dative	ūsuālī			ūsuālibus
accusative	ūsuālem	ūsuāle		ūsuālēs ūsuālīs	ūsuālia
ablative	ūsuālī			ūsuālibus
vocative	ūsuālis	ūsuāle		ūsuālēs	ūsuālia

Derived terms

• ūsuāle (Medieval Latin)
• ūsuāle argentum (Medieval Latin)
• ūsuāliter (Late Latin)

Descendants

• Asturian: usual
• Catalan: usual
• Galician: usual
• Italian: usuale
• Old French: usuel
  • English: usual
  • French: usuel
    • German: usuell
• Portuguese: usual
• Romanian: uzual
• Spanish: usual

References

• “ūsŭālis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ūsŭālis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,634/1.
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “usualis”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 1,053/2