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cōnsuētūdō inis, f

consuetus, a custom, habit, use, usage, way, practice, familiarity, experience, tradition, precedent: exercitatio ex quā consuetudo gignitur: consuetudine quasi alteram naturam effici: a maioribus tradita, the traditions: populi R. hanc esse consuetudinem, ut, etc., Cs.: itineris, way of marching, Cs.: non est meae consuetudinis rationem reddere: maior tumultus, quam populi R. fert consuetudo, Cs.: consuetudinem tenere: cottidianae vitae, T.: vitae sermonisque nostri, daily life and speech: communis sensūs: in proverbii consuetudinem venit, a familiar proverb: in consuetudinem licentiae venire, become used to, Cs.: Gallica, way of life, Cs.: sortium, way of casting, Ta.: mala, H.: (linguā) longinquā consuetudine uti, long familiarity, Cs.: bene facere iam ex consuetudine in naturam vortit, by practice, S.: in consuetudine probari, generally: ex consuetudine, as usual, S.: pro meā consuetudine, according to my custom: consuetudine suā civitatem servare, character, Cs.: consuetudine pro nihilo habere, familiarity, S.: praeter consuetudinem, unexpectedly: in castris praeter consuetudinem tumultuari, unusual disorder, Cs.Customary right, common law, usage: vetus maiorum: consuetudine ius esse putatur id, etc.: ut est consuetudo. — In gram., a usage, idiom, form of speech: verbum nostrae consuetudinis.—Social intercourse, companionship, familiarity, conversation: cum hominibus nostris consuetudines iungebat: victūs cum multis: dedit se in consuetudinem: consuetudine devinctus, T.An amour, illicit love: parva, T.: hospitae, T.; cf. cum Fulviā stupri, S.

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