utebatur

utebatur is a Latin form of utor, meaning “use, employ (+abl.)”. It is the 3rd person singular imperfect passive indicative.

Found 61 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.47.4: … erat, et propter fidem et propter linguae Gallicae scientiam, qua multa iam Ariovistus longinqua consuetudine utebatur, et quod in eo peccandi Germanis causa non esset, ad eum mittere, et una M. Metium, qui hospitio Ariovisti ut …

Cicero, Pro A. Cluentio 47: Fabricium — nam L. erat mortuus — insidias habito comparare. erat illo tempore infirma valetudine habitus. Vtebatur autem medico non ignobili sed spectato homine, Cleophanto; cuius servum Diogenem Fabricius ad venenum habito …

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.