usuarius

Latin

Etymology

From ūsus (“use”) +‎ -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /uː.suˈaː.ri.us/, [uːs̠uˈäːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /u.suˈa.ri.us/, [us̬uˈäːrius]

Adjective

ūsuārius (feminine ūsuāria, neuter ūsuārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. That which is used but not possessed.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ūsuārius	ūsuāria	ūsuārium		ūsuāriī	ūsuāriae	ūsuāria
genitive	ūsuāriī	ūsuāriae	ūsuāriī		ūsuāriōrum	ūsuāriārum	ūsuāriōrum
dative	ūsuāriō	ūsuāriae	ūsuāriō		ūsuāriīs
accusative	ūsuārium	ūsuāriam	ūsuārium		ūsuāriōs	ūsuāriās	ūsuāria
ablative	ūsuāriō	ūsuāriā	ūsuāriō		ūsuāriīs
vocative	ūsuārie	ūsuāria	ūsuārium		ūsuāriī	ūsuāriae	ūsuāria

Noun

ūsuārius m (genitive ūsuāriī or ūsuārī); second declension

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 Latin) A user.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ūsuārius	ūsuāriī
genitive	ūsuāriī ūsuārī1	ūsuāriōrum
dative	ūsuāriō	ūsuāriīs
accusative	ūsuārium	ūsuāriōs
ablative	ūsuāriō	ūsuāriīs
vocative	ūsuārie	ūsuāriī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• → Catalan: usuari
• Italian: usuario
• Portuguese: usuário
• Spanish: usuario

References

• “usuarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• usuarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.