usum

usum is a Latin form of utor, meaning “use, employ (+abl.)”.

It can also be a form of usus, “use, practice, experience”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun or perfect passive participle genitive plural neuter or perfect passive participle genitive plural masculine or perfect passive participle accusative singular masculine.

Found 455 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.39.2: Hic primum ortus est a tribunis militum, praefectis, reliquisque qui ex urbe amicitiae causa Caesarem secuti non magnum in re militari usum habebant:

Cicero, Philippicae 10.6: Vsum in re publica, Calene, magnum iam habere et debes et potes. quando ita decerni vidisti aut quo senatus consul …

Phaedrus, Fabulae 4.11.21: Usum bonus consociet ullius rei.

All forms of utor (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.