usuarius

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. That which is used but not possessed.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ūsuārius ūsuāria ūsuārium ūsuāriī ūsuāriae ūsuāria
Genitive ūsuāriī ūsuāriae ūsuāriī ūsuāriōrum ūsuāriārum ūsuāriōrum
Dative ūsuāriō 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.

Case 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.
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