13. Custom—Usage

_assuefactus_[1] or _assuetus aliqua re_—accustomed to a thing.

_in consuetudinem_ or _morem venire_—to become customary, the fashion.

_in nostros mores inducere aliquid_ (De Or. 2. 28)—to introduce a

thing into our customs; to familiarise us with a thing.

_consuetudinem suam tenere, retinere,[TR1] servare_—to keep up a usage.

_consuetudo inveterascit_ (B. G. 5. 41. 5)—a custom is taking root,

growing up.

_res obsolescit_—a thing is going out of use, becoming obsolete.

_a vetere consuetudine discedere_—to give up old customs.

_a pristina consuetudine deflectere_—to give up old customs.

_in pristinam consuetudinem revocare aliquid_—to return to ancient

usage.

_aliquid est meae consuetudinis_—it is my custom.

_aliquid cadit in meam consuetudinem_—it is my custom.

_mos (moris) est, ut_ (Brut. 21. 84)—it is customary to...

_more, usu receptum est_—it is traditional usage.

_ut fit, ita ut fit, ut fere fit_—as usually happens.

_ut solet, ut fieri solet_—as usually happens.

_ita fert consuetudo_—so custom, fashion prescribes.

_ex consuetudine mea_ (opp. _praeter consuetudinem_)—according to my

custom.

_more institutoque maiorum_ (Mur. 1. 1)—according to the custom and

tradition of my fathers.

_ex instituto_ (Liv. 6. 10. 6)—according to traditional usage.

[1] Note _assuescere_, to accustom oneself to .... and _assuefacere

aliquem_, to accustom some one else to...

[TR1] Transcriber's Note: The original text has _retineri_. But that

is wrong as can be seen from the French edition using _retinere_.

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