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|lshtext=<b>ūtor</b>: (old form [[oetor]], [[oesus]], etc., from oitor, oisus, Lex. Thor. lin. 11;<br /><b>I</b> inf. parag. oetier, Rogat. Tribun. ap. Fest. p. 246 Müll.; Cic. Leg. 3, 4), ūsus (inf. utier, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 4; Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 13), 3, v. dep. etym. dub..<br /><b>I</b> Prop., to [[use]].<br /> <b>A</b> With abl.<br /> <b>1</b> To [[make]] [[use]] of, [[employ]]: [[cave]] ... ne [[tibi]] hoc scipione [[malum]] magnum dem. Paeg. Jam utere eo, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 36: Th. Oh Epidicumne ego [[conspicor]]? Ep. Certe oculis utere, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 4: hoc [[oculo]], id. Mil. 4, 7, 25: sola potest animi per se [[natura]] ... durare et sensibus uti, Lucr. 3, 560: de rebus ipsis utere tuo judicio, Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2: [[utinam]], quem ad modum oratione [[sum]] usurus alienā, sic mihi [[ore]] uti liceret [[alieno]], id. Rep. 3, 5, 8: [[utor]] [[neque]] perantiquis [[neque]] inhumanis ac feris testibus, [[cite]], [[appeal]] to, id. ib. 1, 37, 58: [[neque]] [[enim]] accusatore [[muto]] [[neque]] teste [[quisquam]] utitur eo, qui de accusatoris subsellio surgit, id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104: num argumentis utendum in re ejus modi? id. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 11: [[mancipium]], quo et omnes utimur, et non praebetur a [[populo]], id. ib. 2, 4, 5, § 9: quo interprete non ad linguam Graecam, sed ad furta et flagitia uti solebat, id. ib. 2, 3, 37, § 84: ut [[postea]] [[numquam]] dextro ([[oculo]]) [[aeque]] [[bene]] [[usus]] [[sit]], Nep. Hann. 4, 3: si [[licet]] exemplis in parvo grandibus uti, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 25: viribus utendum est, quas fecimus, Luc. 1, 347.—With ad: ad eam rem [[usus]] est tuā mihi operā Sa. Utere, ut vis, Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 27: earum (navium) materiā [[atque]] aere ad reliquas reficiendas utebatur, Caes. B. G. 4, 31: administris ad ea sacrificia Druidibus, id. ib. 6, 16: ut eā potestate ad quaestum uteretur, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 11: ad [[quam]] rem ([[deus]]) motu mentis ac ratione utatur, id. N. D. 1, 37, 104.—With pro: utuntur aut aere aut taleis ferreis ad certum [[pondus]] examinatis pro nummo, Caes. B. G. 5, 12.—<br /> <b>2</b> Esp.<br /> <b>a</b> To [[manage]], [[control]], [[wield]]: [[bene]] ut armis, [[optime]] ut equis uteretur, Cic. Deiot. 10, 28: [[nemo]] est [[quin]] eo ipso (equo), quo consuevit, libentius utatur [[quam]] intractato, id. Lael. 19, 68.—<br /> <b>b</b> To [[spend]], [[use]]: velim cum illā videas ut [[sit]] qui utamur (sc. [[pecunia]]), Cic. Att. 11, 11, 2: tantis vectigalibus ad liberalitatem [[utens]], id. Fin. 2, 26, 84: cum horis nostris nos essemus usi, spent, exhausted, id. Verr. 2, 1, 11, § 30.—Absol.: notum et quaerere et uti, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 57.—<br /> <b>c</b> To [[wear]]: pellibus aut parvis renonum tegimentis utuntur, magnā corporis parte nudā, Caes. B. G. 6, 21 fin.: ne insignibus [[quidem]] regiis [[Tullus]] [[nisi]] jussu populi est [[ausus]] uti, Cic. Rep. 2, 17, 31.—<br /> <b>d</b> To [[accept]], [[adopt]]: eā condicione, quae a Caesare ferretur, se usuros ostendebant, Caes. B. G. 4, 11: praeposteris [[enim]] utimur consiliis et [[acta]] agimus, Cic. Lael. 22, 85.—<br /> <b>e</b> To [[resort]] to, [[consult]]: [[neque]] Vectium ad se arcessit, quaestorem suum, cujus consilio uteretur, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 114: oraculo, Tac. A. 2, 54.—<br /> <b>f</b> Of a form or [[style]] of [[speech]], [[sentiment]], etc., to [[make]], [[adopt]], [[employ]]: sermonibus morologis utier, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 21: si [[provincia]] loqui posset, hac voce uteretur, Cic. Div. in Caecin. 5, 19: hac unā defensione, id. Verr. 2, 4, 4, § 8: haec [[oratio]], quā me uti res publica coëgit, id. Rosc. Am. 49, 143: cum hortatione non egeas, non utar eā pluribus verbis, id. Fam. 11, 5, 3: [[illa]] [[criminatio]], quā in me absentem [[usus]] est, id. Agr. 3, 1, 3.—<br /> To [[perform]], [[exercise]], [[practise]], etc.: crucior, patrem ... [[nunc]] inprobi viri [[officio]] uti, Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 14: eādem nos disciplinā utimur, id. As. 1, 3, 49; cf.: nec [[vero]] habere virtutem [[satis]] est [[quasi]] artem [[aliquam]], [[nisi]] utare: [[etsi]] ars [[quidem]], cum eā non utare, scientiā ipsā teneri potest, Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 2: diuturni silentii, quo eram his temporibus [[usus]], finem [[hodiernus]] [[dies]] attulit, observed, kept, id. Marcell. 1, 1: eos (senes) ego [[fortasse]] [[nunc]] [[imitor]] et [[utor]] aetatis [[vitio]], id. Fam. 2, 16, 6: ratione utuntur, [[exercise]] [[moderation]], Plaut. Cas. prol. 27: ut anteponantur ... ratione utentia rationis expertibus, Cic. Top. 18, 69: ne tu, [[leno]], postules Te hic [[fide]] lenoniā uti: non [[potis]], Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 30: viribus uteris per clivos, Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 10.—With adverb. acc.: ut hoc utimur [[maxime]] [[more]] [[moro]] [[multum]], Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 1: ita aperte ipsam rem [[locutus]] nil circuitione [[usus]] es, Ter. And. 1, 2, 31.—<br /> In gen., to [[use]], [[enjoy]], [[profit]] by, [[take]] [[advantage]] of, etc.: otio qui nescit uti [[plus]] negoti habet, [[quam]], etc., Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 20, 12 (Trag. Rel. v. 252 Vahl.): sinite ... [[eodem]] ut jure uti senem Liceat, quo jure [[sum]] [[usus]] [[adulescentior]], i. e. [[enjoy]], [[exercise]], Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 2: commodius esse [[opinor]] duplici spe utier, id. Phorm. 4, 2, 13: [[serius]] a terrā provectae naves [[neque]] usae nocturnā aurā in redeundo offenderunt, Caes. B. C. 3, 8: commoda quibus utimur lucemque quā fruimur ab eo nobis dari, Cic. Rosc. Am. 45, 131: in maximo meo dolore hoc solacio [[utor]], [[quod]], etc., id. Fam. 11, 26 init.: [[usus]] est hoc cupidine, [[tamdiu]], dum, etc., had the [[use]] of, i. e. borrowed, id. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6; cf. I. B. 2. [[infra]]: utatur suis bonis [[oportet]] et fruatur, qui [[beatus]] [[futurus]] est, id. N. D. 1, 37, 103: [[propter]] nauticarum rerum scientiam plurimisque maritimis rebus fruimur [[atque]] utimur, id. ib. 2, 60, 152: si fortunā permittitis uti, to [[try]], [[take]] [[advantage]] of, Verg. A. 9, 240: nostrā utere amicitiā, ut voles, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 38; cf.: [[decet]] hunc ordinem ... [[bene]] utier amicitiā, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 24: libertate [[modice]] utantur, Liv. 34, 49, 8: deorum Muneribus [[sapienter]] uti, Hor. C. 4, 9, 48: Ofellam Integris opibus [[novi]] non latius usum Quam [[nunc]] accisis, id. S. 2, 2, 113: [[quia]] parvo nesciet uti, id. Ep. 1, 10, 41: temporibus [[sapienter]] [[utens]], [[taking]] [[advantage]] of, Nep. Epam. 3, 1.—Prov.: [[foro]] uti, to [[make]] one's [[market]], i. e. [[accommodate]] one's prices, actions, etc., to circumstances, [[take]] [[advantage]] of events: scisti uti [[foro]], Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 29.—Absol.: opportunae sunt [[divitiae]] ut utare (sc. eis), Cic. Lael. 6, 22.— With adverb. acc.: ne [[Silius]] [[quidem]] [[quicquam]] utitur (sc. suis hortis), Cic. Att. 12, 22, 3. —<br /> Of passions, traits of [[character]], etc., to [[indulge]], [[practise]], [[exercise]], [[yield]] to, etc.: [[inter]] nos amore utemur [[semper]] subrepticio? Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 49: alacritate ac [[studio]], Caes. B. G. 4, 24: [[severitas]], quā tu in iis rebus [[usus]] es, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6, § 19: [[usus]] est [[ipse]] incredibili patientiā, id. Phil. 1, 4, 9: ego pervicaciam (esse hanc) aio, et eā me uti [[volo]], Att. ap. Non. 433, 1 (Trag. Rel. v. 5 Rib.): [[dementer]] amoribus usa, Ov. M. 4, 259.—With in and acc.: ut suā clementiā ac mansuetudine in eos utatur, Caes. B. G. 2, 14.—<br /> <b>1</b> To [[experience]], [[undergo]], [[receive]], [[enjoy]], etc., ne simili utamur fortunā [[atque]] usi sumus, Quom, etc., Ter. Phorm. prol. 31: hoc honore usi togati solent esse, Cic. Phil. 8, 11, 32: homines amplissimis usos honoribus, id. Fl. 19, 45: nobiles amplis honoribus usi, Sall. J. 25, 4: neminem curuli honore usum praeterierunt, Liv. 34, 44, 4: [[primus]] externorum [[usus]] [[illo]] honore quem majores Latio [[quoque]] negaverint, Plin. 7, 43, 44, § 136: [[quoniam]] [[semel]] est [[odio]] [[civiliter]] [[usus]], Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 41.—<br /> To [[use]] as [[food]] or [[medicine]], to [[take]], [[drink]], etc.: [[lacte]] mero veteres usi memorantur et herbis, Ov. F. 4, 369: aquis frigidis, Cels. 1, 1: antidoto, Scrib. Comp. 171: medicamento, id. ib. 228: vino [[modice]], Cels. 8, 11: ex altero ([[loco]], i. e. ex lacu) ut [[pecus]] uti possit (sc. aquā), Varr. R. R. 1, 11, 2.—<br /> <b>B</b> With the [[thing]] used, etc., as [[direct]] obj. ([[class]]. [[only]] in gerund. constr.;<br /> v. [[infra]]): nuptias abjeci, amicos [[utor]] [[primoris]] viros, Turp. ap. Non. p. 497, 15 (Com. Rel. v. 164 Rib.): facilitatem vulgariam, Nov. ib. 481, 21 (Com. Rel. v. 98 ib.): res pulchras, quas uti solet, id. ib. 500, 16 (Com. Rel. v. 69 ib.): ita uti eum [[oportet]] libertatem, Titin. ib. 481, 19 (Com. Rel. v. 98 ib.): [[cetera]] quae volumus uti Graecā mercamur [[fide]], Plaut. As. 1, 3, 47: dic mihi, an boni [[quid]] [[usquam]]'st, [[quod]] [[quisquam]] uti possiet, id. Merc. 1, 2, 37: [[diutine]] uti [[bene]] [[licet]] partum [[bene]], id. Rud. 4, 7, 15: [[profecto]] uteris ut voles operam meam, id. Poen. 5, 2, 128: mea, quae [[praeter]] spem evenere, utantur [[sine]], Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 29: BALINEVM ... QVOD VSI FVERANT AMPLIVS ANNIS XXXX., Inscr. Orell. 202: si [[quid]] est, [[quod]] utar, [[utor]]: si non est, [[egeo]], [[Cato]] ap. Gell. 13, 23, 1: oleam albam, [[quam]] voles uti, condito, id. R. R. 118: [[quam]] rem [[etiam]] nomine [[eodem]] medici utuntur, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 23: [[ferrum]], Aur. Vict. Caes. 17, 4.—<br /> <b>2</b> Hence, esp. gerund. in phrases [[dare]] utendum, to [[lend]]; recipere or rogare or petere utendum, to [[borrow]], etc. ([[class]].; freq. in Plaut.): [[quod]] datum utendum'st, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 7: quae utenda vasa [[semper]] vicini rogant, id. Aul. 1, 2, 18; 2, 4, 32; 2, 9, 4; id. Pers. 1, 3, 47 sq.; id. Mil. 2, 3, 76; id. Rud. 3, 1, 10: [[auris]] [[tibi]] [[contra]] utendas dabo, Enn. ap. Non. 506, 1 (Trag. Rel. v. 364 Vahl.); Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 81: quae bona is Heraclio omnia utenda ac possidenda tradiderat, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 46: te, [[quod]] utendum acceperis, reddidisse, id. Tusc. 3, 17, 36: [[multa]] rogant utenda dari, [[data]] reddere nolunt, Ov. A. A. 1, 433.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf. ([[through]] the [[intermediate]] [[idea]] of having and using).<br /> <b>A</b> Pregn., to [[enjoy]] the [[friendship]] of [[any]] one; to be [[familiar]] or [[intimate]] [[with]], to [[associate]] [[with]] a [[person]].<br /> <b>a</b> With abl: his Fabriciis [[semper]] est [[usus]] Oppianicus familiarissime, Cic. Clu. 16, 46: quā (Caeciliā) [[pater]] [[usus]] erat plurimum, id. Rosc. Am. 11, 27: Trebonio multos annos [[utor]] [[valde]] [[familiariter]], id. Fam. 1, 3, 1: [[Lucceius]] qui [[multum]] utitur Bruto, id. Att. 16, 5, 3: utere Pompeio Grospho, Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 22: quo pacto deceat majoribus uti, id. ib. 1, 17, 2: si sciret regibus uti, ib. ib. 14: ita me verebatur ut me formatore [[morum]], me [[quasi]] [[magistro]] uteretur, Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 2.—<br /> <b>b</b> With acc.: vilica vicinas aliasque mulieres [[quam]] minimum utatur, [[Cato]], R. R. 143, 1.—<br /> <b>B</b> To be in [[possession]] of a [[thing]], esp. to [[have]], [[hold]], or [[find]] a [[thing]] in [[some]] [[particular]] [[mode]] or [[character]]; [[with]] abl.: mihi si [[unquam]] [[filius]] erit, ne [[ille]] facili me utetur patre, he shall [[find]] an [[indulgent]] [[father]] in me, Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 5; cf.: patre [[usus]] est diligente et diti, Nep. Att. 1, 2: bonis justisque regibus, Cic. Rep. 1, 33, 50: quae (sc. [[libertas]]) non in eo est, ut justo utamur domino, sed ut nullo, id. ib. 2, 23, 43; cf. id. Fin. 1, 1, 2: hic vide [[quam]] me sis usurus [[aequo]], id. Verr. 2, 5, 59, § 154: ut is illis benignis [[usus]] est ad commodandum, id. ib. 2, 4, 3, § 6: ne bestiis [[quoque]] immanioribus uteremur, id. Rosc. Am. 26, 71: me [[Capitolinus]] convictore [[usus]] amicoque A puero est, Hor. S. 1, 4, 95: uteris monitoribus isdem, id. Ep. 2, 2, 154: valetudine non bonā, Caes. B. C. 3, 49: quo (sc. Philoctete) successore sagittae Herculis utuntur, Ov. M. 13, 52.—Absol.: nam pol placidum te et clementem eo [[usque]] [[modo]] ut volui [[usus]] [[sum]] in [[alto]] (= placidum te esse ut volui, sic te [[usus]] [[sum]]), Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 8.—Hence, P. a.: ūtens, ntis, m., possessing, [[that]] possesses: utentior [[sane]] [[sit]], i. e. a larger [[possessor]], richer, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71. | |lshtext=<b>ūtor</b>: (old form [[oetor]], [[oesus]], etc., from oitor, oisus, Lex. Thor. lin. 11;<br /><b>I</b> inf. parag. oetier, Rogat. Tribun. ap. Fest. p. 246 Müll.; Cic. Leg. 3, 4), ūsus (inf. utier, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 4; Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 13), 3, v. dep. etym. dub..<br /><b>I</b> Prop., to [[use]].<br /> <b>A</b> With abl.<br /> <b>1</b> To [[make]] [[use]] of, [[employ]]: [[cave]] ... ne [[tibi]] hoc scipione [[malum]] magnum dem. Paeg. Jam utere eo, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 36: Th. Oh Epidicumne ego [[conspicor]]? Ep. Certe oculis utere, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 4: hoc [[oculo]], id. Mil. 4, 7, 25: sola potest animi per se [[natura]] ... durare et sensibus uti, Lucr. 3, 560: de rebus ipsis utere tuo judicio, Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2: [[utinam]], quem ad modum oratione [[sum]] usurus alienā, sic mihi [[ore]] uti liceret [[alieno]], id. Rep. 3, 5, 8: [[utor]] [[neque]] perantiquis [[neque]] inhumanis ac feris testibus, [[cite]], [[appeal]] to, id. ib. 1, 37, 58: [[neque]] [[enim]] accusatore [[muto]] [[neque]] teste [[quisquam]] utitur eo, qui de accusatoris subsellio surgit, id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104: num argumentis utendum in re ejus modi? id. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 11: [[mancipium]], quo et omnes utimur, et non praebetur a [[populo]], id. ib. 2, 4, 5, § 9: quo interprete non ad linguam Graecam, sed ad furta et flagitia uti solebat, id. ib. 2, 3, 37, § 84: ut [[postea]] [[numquam]] dextro ([[oculo]]) [[aeque]] [[bene]] [[usus]] [[sit]], Nep. Hann. 4, 3: si [[licet]] exemplis in parvo grandibus uti, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 25: viribus utendum est, quas fecimus, Luc. 1, 347.—With ad: ad eam rem [[usus]] est tuā mihi operā Sa. Utere, ut vis, Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 27: earum (navium) materiā [[atque]] aere ad reliquas reficiendas utebatur, Caes. B. G. 4, 31: administris ad ea sacrificia Druidibus, id. ib. 6, 16: ut eā potestate ad quaestum uteretur, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 11: ad [[quam]] rem ([[deus]]) motu mentis ac ratione utatur, id. N. D. 1, 37, 104.—With pro: utuntur aut aere aut taleis ferreis ad certum [[pondus]] examinatis pro nummo, Caes. B. G. 5, 12.—<br /> <b>2</b> Esp.<br /> <b>a</b> To [[manage]], [[control]], [[wield]]: [[bene]] ut armis, [[optime]] ut equis uteretur, Cic. Deiot. 10, 28: [[nemo]] est [[quin]] eo ipso (equo), quo consuevit, libentius utatur [[quam]] intractato, id. Lael. 19, 68.—<br /> <b>b</b> To [[spend]], [[use]]: velim cum illā videas ut [[sit]] qui utamur (sc. [[pecunia]]), Cic. Att. 11, 11, 2: tantis vectigalibus ad liberalitatem [[utens]], id. Fin. 2, 26, 84: cum horis nostris nos essemus usi, spent, exhausted, id. Verr. 2, 1, 11, § 30.—Absol.: notum et quaerere et uti, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 57.—<br /> <b>c</b> To [[wear]]: pellibus aut parvis renonum tegimentis utuntur, magnā corporis parte nudā, Caes. B. G. 6, 21 fin.: ne insignibus [[quidem]] regiis [[Tullus]] [[nisi]] jussu populi est [[ausus]] uti, Cic. Rep. 2, 17, 31.—<br /> <b>d</b> To [[accept]], [[adopt]]: eā condicione, quae a Caesare ferretur, se usuros ostendebant, Caes. B. G. 4, 11: praeposteris [[enim]] utimur consiliis et [[acta]] agimus, Cic. Lael. 22, 85.—<br /> <b>e</b> To [[resort]] to, [[consult]]: [[neque]] Vectium ad se arcessit, quaestorem suum, cujus consilio uteretur, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 114: oraculo, Tac. A. 2, 54.—<br /> <b>f</b> Of a form or [[style]] of [[speech]], [[sentiment]], etc., to [[make]], [[adopt]], [[employ]]: sermonibus morologis utier, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 21: si [[provincia]] loqui posset, hac voce uteretur, Cic. Div. in Caecin. 5, 19: hac unā defensione, id. Verr. 2, 4, 4, § 8: haec [[oratio]], quā me uti res publica coëgit, id. Rosc. Am. 49, 143: cum hortatione non egeas, non utar eā pluribus verbis, id. Fam. 11, 5, 3: [[illa]] [[criminatio]], quā in me absentem [[usus]] est, id. Agr. 3, 1, 3.—<br /> To [[perform]], [[exercise]], [[practise]], etc.: crucior, patrem ... [[nunc]] inprobi viri [[officio]] uti, Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 14: eādem nos disciplinā utimur, id. As. 1, 3, 49; cf.: nec [[vero]] habere virtutem [[satis]] est [[quasi]] artem [[aliquam]], [[nisi]] utare: [[etsi]] ars [[quidem]], cum eā non utare, scientiā ipsā teneri potest, Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 2: diuturni silentii, quo eram his temporibus [[usus]], finem [[hodiernus]] [[dies]] attulit, observed, kept, id. Marcell. 1, 1: eos (senes) ego [[fortasse]] [[nunc]] [[imitor]] et [[utor]] aetatis [[vitio]], id. Fam. 2, 16, 6: ratione utuntur, [[exercise]] [[moderation]], Plaut. Cas. prol. 27: ut anteponantur ... ratione utentia rationis expertibus, Cic. Top. 18, 69: ne tu, [[leno]], postules Te hic [[fide]] lenoniā uti: non [[potis]], Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 30: viribus uteris per clivos, Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 10.—With adverb. acc.: ut hoc utimur [[maxime]] [[more]] [[moro]] [[multum]], Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 1: ita aperte ipsam rem [[locutus]] nil circuitione [[usus]] es, Ter. And. 1, 2, 31.—<br /> In gen., to [[use]], [[enjoy]], [[profit]] by, [[take]] [[advantage]] of, etc.: otio qui nescit uti [[plus]] negoti habet, [[quam]], etc., Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 20, 12 (Trag. Rel. v. 252 Vahl.): sinite ... [[eodem]] ut jure uti senem Liceat, quo jure [[sum]] [[usus]] [[adulescentior]], i. e. [[enjoy]], [[exercise]], Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 2: commodius esse [[opinor]] duplici spe utier, id. Phorm. 4, 2, 13: [[serius]] a terrā provectae naves [[neque]] usae nocturnā aurā in redeundo offenderunt, Caes. B. C. 3, 8: commoda quibus utimur lucemque quā fruimur ab eo nobis dari, Cic. Rosc. Am. 45, 131: in maximo meo dolore hoc solacio [[utor]], [[quod]], etc., id. Fam. 11, 26 init.: [[usus]] est hoc cupidine, [[tamdiu]], dum, etc., had the [[use]] of, i. e. borrowed, id. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6; cf. I. B. 2. [[infra]]: utatur suis bonis [[oportet]] et fruatur, qui [[beatus]] [[futurus]] est, id. N. D. 1, 37, 103: [[propter]] nauticarum rerum scientiam plurimisque maritimis rebus fruimur [[atque]] utimur, id. ib. 2, 60, 152: si fortunā permittitis uti, to [[try]], [[take]] [[advantage]] of, Verg. A. 9, 240: nostrā utere amicitiā, ut voles, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 38; cf.: [[decet]] hunc ordinem ... [[bene]] utier amicitiā, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 24: libertate [[modice]] utantur, Liv. 34, 49, 8: deorum Muneribus [[sapienter]] uti, Hor. C. 4, 9, 48: Ofellam Integris opibus [[novi]] non latius usum Quam [[nunc]] accisis, id. S. 2, 2, 113: [[quia]] parvo nesciet uti, id. Ep. 1, 10, 41: temporibus [[sapienter]] [[utens]], [[taking]] [[advantage]] of, Nep. Epam. 3, 1.—Prov.: [[foro]] uti, to [[make]] one's [[market]], i. e. [[accommodate]] one's prices, actions, etc., to circumstances, [[take]] [[advantage]] of events: scisti uti [[foro]], Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 29.—Absol.: opportunae sunt [[divitiae]] ut utare (sc. eis), Cic. Lael. 6, 22.— With adverb. acc.: ne [[Silius]] [[quidem]] [[quicquam]] utitur (sc. suis hortis), Cic. Att. 12, 22, 3. —<br /> Of passions, traits of [[character]], etc., to [[indulge]], [[practise]], [[exercise]], [[yield]] to, etc.: [[inter]] nos amore utemur [[semper]] subrepticio? Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 49: alacritate ac [[studio]], Caes. B. G. 4, 24: [[severitas]], quā tu in iis rebus [[usus]] es, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6, § 19: [[usus]] est [[ipse]] incredibili patientiā, id. Phil. 1, 4, 9: ego pervicaciam (esse hanc) aio, et eā me uti [[volo]], Att. ap. Non. 433, 1 (Trag. Rel. v. 5 Rib.): [[dementer]] amoribus usa, Ov. M. 4, 259.—With in and acc.: ut suā clementiā ac mansuetudine in eos utatur, Caes. B. G. 2, 14.—<br /> <b>1</b> To [[experience]], [[undergo]], [[receive]], [[enjoy]], etc., ne simili utamur fortunā [[atque]] usi sumus, Quom, etc., Ter. Phorm. prol. 31: hoc honore usi togati solent esse, Cic. Phil. 8, 11, 32: homines amplissimis usos honoribus, id. Fl. 19, 45: nobiles amplis honoribus usi, Sall. J. 25, 4: neminem curuli honore usum praeterierunt, Liv. 34, 44, 4: [[primus]] externorum [[usus]] [[illo]] honore quem majores Latio [[quoque]] negaverint, Plin. 7, 43, 44, § 136: [[quoniam]] [[semel]] est [[odio]] [[civiliter]] [[usus]], Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 41.—<br /> To [[use]] as [[food]] or [[medicine]], to [[take]], [[drink]], etc.: [[lacte]] mero veteres usi memorantur et herbis, Ov. F. 4, 369: aquis frigidis, Cels. 1, 1: antidoto, Scrib. Comp. 171: medicamento, id. ib. 228: vino [[modice]], Cels. 8, 11: ex altero ([[loco]], i. e. ex lacu) ut [[pecus]] uti possit (sc. aquā), Varr. R. R. 1, 11, 2.—<br /> <b>B</b> With the [[thing]] used, etc., as [[direct]] obj. ([[class]]. [[only]] in gerund. constr.;<br /> v. [[infra]]): nuptias abjeci, amicos [[utor]] [[primoris]] viros, Turp. ap. Non. p. 497, 15 (Com. Rel. v. 164 Rib.): facilitatem vulgariam, Nov. ib. 481, 21 (Com. Rel. v. 98 ib.): res pulchras, quas uti solet, id. ib. 500, 16 (Com. Rel. v. 69 ib.): ita uti eum [[oportet]] libertatem, Titin. ib. 481, 19 (Com. Rel. v. 98 ib.): [[cetera]] quae volumus uti Graecā mercamur [[fide]], Plaut. As. 1, 3, 47: dic mihi, an boni [[quid]] [[usquam]]'st, [[quod]] [[quisquam]] uti possiet, id. Merc. 1, 2, 37: [[diutine]] uti [[bene]] [[licet]] partum [[bene]], id. Rud. 4, 7, 15: [[profecto]] uteris ut voles operam meam, id. Poen. 5, 2, 128: mea, quae [[praeter]] spem evenere, utantur [[sine]], Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 29: BALINEVM ... QVOD VSI FVERANT AMPLIVS ANNIS XXXX., Inscr. Orell. 202: si [[quid]] est, [[quod]] utar, [[utor]]: si non est, [[egeo]], [[Cato]] ap. Gell. 13, 23, 1: oleam albam, [[quam]] voles uti, condito, id. R. R. 118: [[quam]] rem [[etiam]] nomine [[eodem]] medici utuntur, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 23: [[ferrum]], Aur. Vict. Caes. 17, 4.—<br /> <b>2</b> Hence, esp. gerund. in phrases [[dare]] utendum, to [[lend]]; recipere or rogare or petere utendum, to [[borrow]], etc. ([[class]].; freq. in Plaut.): [[quod]] datum utendum'st, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 7: quae utenda vasa [[semper]] vicini rogant, id. Aul. 1, 2, 18; 2, 4, 32; 2, 9, 4; id. Pers. 1, 3, 47 sq.; id. Mil. 2, 3, 76; id. Rud. 3, 1, 10: [[auris]] [[tibi]] [[contra]] utendas dabo, Enn. ap. Non. 506, 1 (Trag. Rel. v. 364 Vahl.); Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 81: quae bona is Heraclio omnia utenda ac possidenda tradiderat, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 46: te, [[quod]] utendum acceperis, reddidisse, id. Tusc. 3, 17, 36: [[multa]] rogant utenda dari, [[data]] reddere nolunt, Ov. A. A. 1, 433.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf. ([[through]] the [[intermediate]] [[idea]] of having and using).<br /> <b>A</b> Pregn., to [[enjoy]] the [[friendship]] of [[any]] one; to be [[familiar]] or [[intimate]] [[with]], to [[associate]] [[with]] a [[person]].<br /> <b>a</b> With abl: his Fabriciis [[semper]] est [[usus]] Oppianicus familiarissime, Cic. Clu. 16, 46: quā (Caeciliā) [[pater]] [[usus]] erat plurimum, id. Rosc. Am. 11, 27: Trebonio multos annos [[utor]] [[valde]] [[familiariter]], id. Fam. 1, 3, 1: [[Lucceius]] qui [[multum]] utitur Bruto, id. Att. 16, 5, 3: utere Pompeio Grospho, Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 22: quo pacto deceat majoribus uti, id. ib. 1, 17, 2: si sciret regibus uti, ib. ib. 14: ita me verebatur ut me formatore [[morum]], me [[quasi]] [[magistro]] uteretur, Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 2.—<br /> <b>b</b> With acc.: vilica vicinas aliasque mulieres [[quam]] minimum utatur, [[Cato]], R. R. 143, 1.—<br /> <b>B</b> To be in [[possession]] of a [[thing]], esp. to [[have]], [[hold]], or [[find]] a [[thing]] in [[some]] [[particular]] [[mode]] or [[character]]; [[with]] abl.: mihi si [[unquam]] [[filius]] erit, ne [[ille]] facili me utetur patre, he shall [[find]] an [[indulgent]] [[father]] in me, Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 5; cf.: patre [[usus]] est diligente et diti, Nep. Att. 1, 2: bonis justisque regibus, Cic. Rep. 1, 33, 50: quae (sc. [[libertas]]) non in eo est, ut justo utamur domino, sed ut nullo, id. ib. 2, 23, 43; cf. id. Fin. 1, 1, 2: hic vide [[quam]] me sis usurus [[aequo]], id. Verr. 2, 5, 59, § 154: ut is illis benignis [[usus]] est ad commodandum, id. ib. 2, 4, 3, § 6: ne bestiis [[quoque]] immanioribus uteremur, id. Rosc. Am. 26, 71: me [[Capitolinus]] convictore [[usus]] amicoque A puero est, Hor. S. 1, 4, 95: uteris monitoribus isdem, id. Ep. 2, 2, 154: valetudine non bonā, Caes. B. C. 3, 49: quo (sc. Philoctete) successore sagittae Herculis utuntur, Ov. M. 13, 52.—Absol.: nam pol placidum te et clementem eo [[usque]] [[modo]] ut volui [[usus]] [[sum]] in [[alto]] (= placidum te esse ut volui, sic te [[usus]] [[sum]]), Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 8.—Hence, P. a.: ūtens, ntis, m., possessing, [[that]] possesses: utentior [[sane]] [[sit]], i. e. a larger [[possessor]], richer, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71. | ||
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|gf=<b>ūtor</b>,⁶ ūsus sum, ūtī, intr. [tr. arch.],<br /><b>1</b> se servir de, faire usage de, user de, utiliser, employer : <b> a)</b> avec abl. : [[materia]] ad naves reficiendas Cæs. G. 4, 31, se servir du bois pour réparer des vaisseaux ; alicujus consilio Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 114, utiliser les [[avis]] de qqn ; [[hac]] voce Cic. Cæcil. 19, parler en ces [[termes]] ; [[arte]] Cic. Rep. 1, 2, pratiquer un art ; silentio Cic. Marc. 1, observer le silence ; [[aura]] nocturna Cæs. C. 3, 8, mettre à profit les souffles de la nuit ; [[patientia]] Cic. Phil. 1, 9, user de patience ; severitate Cic. Q. 1, 1, 9, user de rigueur ; [[stultitia]] Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 103, montrer de la sottise, cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 97 ; <b> b)</b> [avec deux abl.] : [[vel]] imperatore [[vel]] milite me utimini Sall. C. 20, 16, mettez-moi à contribution à votre gré, comme général ou comme soldat, cf. Liv. 22, 19, 6 ; <b> c)</b> arch. avec acc. [v. Non. 497, 15 ] : Pl. Pœn. 1088 ; Rud. 1241 ; [[Cato]] Agr. 118 || avec acc. n. d’un pron. : Ter. Ad. 815 ; Cat. d. Gell. 13, 23, 1 || surtout emploi de l’adj. verbal : utenda vasa rogant Pl. Aul. 96, ils demandent à emprunter des vases ; [[bona]] utenda ac possidenda alicui tradere Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 46, donner à qqn la jouissance et la possession de biens, cf. Cic. Tusc. 3, 36 ; Ov. Ars 1, 433 ; <b> d)</b> abs<sup>t</sup>] faire usage : quærere et [[uti]] Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 57, acquérir et jouir ; (opportunæ sunt) divitiæ, ut utare Cic. Læl. 22, la fin des richesses, c’[[est]] l’usage<br /><b>2</b> [en part.] <b> a)</b> être en relation avec qqn : [[aliquo]] familiarissime Cic. Clu. 46, avoir avec qqn les relations les [[plus]] intimes, cf. Cic. Fam. 1, 3, 1 ; [[aliquo]] [[multum]] [[uti]] Cic. Att. 16, 5, 3, avoir des relations suivies avec qqn, être très lié avec qqn, cf. Cic. Amer. 27 ; Læl. 2 || scis [[quo]] pacto deceat majoribus [[uti]] Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 2, tu sais la manière d’en user avec les grands (de se comporter...) || fréquenter : hominibus improbis multis Cic. Cæl. 12, fréquenter beaucoup de mauvaises [[gens]], cf. Cic. Br. 147 ; <b> b)</b> [avec un second abl. attribut] : vide [[quam]] me [[sis]] usurus æquo Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 154, vois combien tu trouveras en moi de modération ; justioribus utemur illis... [[quam]] his... Cic. Fin. 1, 2, nous trouverons [[plus]] de raison dans les premiers que dans ces derniers ; feris immanioribus [[uti]] Cic. Amer. 71, rencontrer [[plus]] de sauvagerie chez les bêtes féroces, cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 6 ; Hor. S. 1, 4, 95 ; Ep. 2, 2, 154. formes arch. œtor, œsus, etc. CIL 1, 585, 11 ; Cic. Leg. 3, 10 || formes act. utito [[Cato]] Agr. 96, 2 ; 107, 2 ; [[utunto]] CIL 1, 589, 1, 8 || sens passif utitur Nov. d. Gell. 15, 13, 4 ; utetur Priap. 44, 4. | |||
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ūtor: (old form oetor, oesus, etc., from oitor, oisus, Lex. Thor. lin. 11;
I inf. parag. oetier, Rogat. Tribun. ap. Fest. p. 246 Müll.; Cic. Leg. 3, 4), ūsus (inf. utier, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 4; Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 13), 3, v. dep. etym. dub..
I Prop., to use.
A With abl.
1 To make use of, employ: cave ... ne tibi hoc scipione malum magnum dem. Paeg. Jam utere eo, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 36: Th. Oh Epidicumne ego conspicor? Ep. Certe oculis utere, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 4: hoc oculo, id. Mil. 4, 7, 25: sola potest animi per se natura ... durare et sensibus uti, Lucr. 3, 560: de rebus ipsis utere tuo judicio, Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2: utinam, quem ad modum oratione sum usurus alienā, sic mihi ore uti liceret alieno, id. Rep. 3, 5, 8: utor neque perantiquis neque inhumanis ac feris testibus, cite, appeal to, id. ib. 1, 37, 58: neque enim accusatore muto neque teste quisquam utitur eo, qui de accusatoris subsellio surgit, id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104: num argumentis utendum in re ejus modi? id. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 11: mancipium, quo et omnes utimur, et non praebetur a populo, id. ib. 2, 4, 5, § 9: quo interprete non ad linguam Graecam, sed ad furta et flagitia uti solebat, id. ib. 2, 3, 37, § 84: ut postea numquam dextro (oculo) aeque bene usus sit, Nep. Hann. 4, 3: si licet exemplis in parvo grandibus uti, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 25: viribus utendum est, quas fecimus, Luc. 1, 347.—With ad: ad eam rem usus est tuā mihi operā Sa. Utere, ut vis, Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 27: earum (navium) materiā atque aere ad reliquas reficiendas utebatur, Caes. B. G. 4, 31: administris ad ea sacrificia Druidibus, id. ib. 6, 16: ut eā potestate ad quaestum uteretur, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 11: ad quam rem (deus) motu mentis ac ratione utatur, id. N. D. 1, 37, 104.—With pro: utuntur aut aere aut taleis ferreis ad certum pondus examinatis pro nummo, Caes. B. G. 5, 12.—
2 Esp.
a To manage, control, wield: bene ut armis, optime ut equis uteretur, Cic. Deiot. 10, 28: nemo est quin eo ipso (equo), quo consuevit, libentius utatur quam intractato, id. Lael. 19, 68.—
b To spend, use: velim cum illā videas ut sit qui utamur (sc. pecunia), Cic. Att. 11, 11, 2: tantis vectigalibus ad liberalitatem utens, id. Fin. 2, 26, 84: cum horis nostris nos essemus usi, spent, exhausted, id. Verr. 2, 1, 11, § 30.—Absol.: notum et quaerere et uti, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 57.—
c To wear: pellibus aut parvis renonum tegimentis utuntur, magnā corporis parte nudā, Caes. B. G. 6, 21 fin.: ne insignibus quidem regiis Tullus nisi jussu populi est ausus uti, Cic. Rep. 2, 17, 31.—
d To accept, adopt: eā condicione, quae a Caesare ferretur, se usuros ostendebant, Caes. B. G. 4, 11: praeposteris enim utimur consiliis et acta agimus, Cic. Lael. 22, 85.—
e To resort to, consult: neque Vectium ad se arcessit, quaestorem suum, cujus consilio uteretur, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 114: oraculo, Tac. A. 2, 54.—
f Of a form or style of speech, sentiment, etc., to make, adopt, employ: sermonibus morologis utier, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 21: si provincia loqui posset, hac voce uteretur, Cic. Div. in Caecin. 5, 19: hac unā defensione, id. Verr. 2, 4, 4, § 8: haec oratio, quā me uti res publica coëgit, id. Rosc. Am. 49, 143: cum hortatione non egeas, non utar eā pluribus verbis, id. Fam. 11, 5, 3: illa criminatio, quā in me absentem usus est, id. Agr. 3, 1, 3.—
To perform, exercise, practise, etc.: crucior, patrem ... nunc inprobi viri officio uti, Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 14: eādem nos disciplinā utimur, id. As. 1, 3, 49; cf.: nec vero habere virtutem satis est quasi artem aliquam, nisi utare: etsi ars quidem, cum eā non utare, scientiā ipsā teneri potest, Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 2: diuturni silentii, quo eram his temporibus usus, finem hodiernus dies attulit, observed, kept, id. Marcell. 1, 1: eos (senes) ego fortasse nunc imitor et utor aetatis vitio, id. Fam. 2, 16, 6: ratione utuntur, exercise moderation, Plaut. Cas. prol. 27: ut anteponantur ... ratione utentia rationis expertibus, Cic. Top. 18, 69: ne tu, leno, postules Te hic fide lenoniā uti: non potis, Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 30: viribus uteris per clivos, Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 10.—With adverb. acc.: ut hoc utimur maxime more moro multum, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 1: ita aperte ipsam rem locutus nil circuitione usus es, Ter. And. 1, 2, 31.—
In gen., to use, enjoy, profit by, take advantage of, etc.: otio qui nescit uti plus negoti habet, quam, etc., Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 20, 12 (Trag. Rel. v. 252 Vahl.): sinite ... eodem ut jure uti senem Liceat, quo jure sum usus adulescentior, i. e. enjoy, exercise, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 2: commodius esse opinor duplici spe utier, id. Phorm. 4, 2, 13: serius a terrā provectae naves neque usae nocturnā aurā in redeundo offenderunt, Caes. B. C. 3, 8: commoda quibus utimur lucemque quā fruimur ab eo nobis dari, Cic. Rosc. Am. 45, 131: in maximo meo dolore hoc solacio utor, quod, etc., id. Fam. 11, 26 init.: usus est hoc cupidine, tamdiu, dum, etc., had the use of, i. e. borrowed, id. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6; cf. I. B. 2. infra: utatur suis bonis oportet et fruatur, qui beatus futurus est, id. N. D. 1, 37, 103: propter nauticarum rerum scientiam plurimisque maritimis rebus fruimur atque utimur, id. ib. 2, 60, 152: si fortunā permittitis uti, to try, take advantage of, Verg. A. 9, 240: nostrā utere amicitiā, ut voles, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 38; cf.: decet hunc ordinem ... bene utier amicitiā, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 24: libertate modice utantur, Liv. 34, 49, 8: deorum Muneribus sapienter uti, Hor. C. 4, 9, 48: Ofellam Integris opibus novi non latius usum Quam nunc accisis, id. S. 2, 2, 113: quia parvo nesciet uti, id. Ep. 1, 10, 41: temporibus sapienter utens, taking advantage of, Nep. Epam. 3, 1.—Prov.: foro uti, to make one's market, i. e. accommodate one's prices, actions, etc., to circumstances, take advantage of events: scisti uti foro, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 29.—Absol.: opportunae sunt divitiae ut utare (sc. eis), Cic. Lael. 6, 22.— With adverb. acc.: ne Silius quidem quicquam utitur (sc. suis hortis), Cic. Att. 12, 22, 3. —
Of passions, traits of character, etc., to indulge, practise, exercise, yield to, etc.: inter nos amore utemur semper subrepticio? Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 49: alacritate ac studio, Caes. B. G. 4, 24: severitas, quā tu in iis rebus usus es, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6, § 19: usus est ipse incredibili patientiā, id. Phil. 1, 4, 9: ego pervicaciam (esse hanc) aio, et eā me uti volo, Att. ap. Non. 433, 1 (Trag. Rel. v. 5 Rib.): dementer amoribus usa, Ov. M. 4, 259.—With in and acc.: ut suā clementiā ac mansuetudine in eos utatur, Caes. B. G. 2, 14.—
1 To experience, undergo, receive, enjoy, etc., ne simili utamur fortunā atque usi sumus, Quom, etc., Ter. Phorm. prol. 31: hoc honore usi togati solent esse, Cic. Phil. 8, 11, 32: homines amplissimis usos honoribus, id. Fl. 19, 45: nobiles amplis honoribus usi, Sall. J. 25, 4: neminem curuli honore usum praeterierunt, Liv. 34, 44, 4: primus externorum usus illo honore quem majores Latio quoque negaverint, Plin. 7, 43, 44, § 136: quoniam semel est odio civiliter usus, Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 41.—
To use as food or medicine, to take, drink, etc.: lacte mero veteres usi memorantur et herbis, Ov. F. 4, 369: aquis frigidis, Cels. 1, 1: antidoto, Scrib. Comp. 171: medicamento, id. ib. 228: vino modice, Cels. 8, 11: ex altero (loco, i. e. ex lacu) ut pecus uti possit (sc. aquā), Varr. R. R. 1, 11, 2.—
B With the thing used, etc., as direct obj. (class. only in gerund. constr.;
v. infra): nuptias abjeci, amicos utor primoris viros, Turp. ap. Non. p. 497, 15 (Com. Rel. v. 164 Rib.): facilitatem vulgariam, Nov. ib. 481, 21 (Com. Rel. v. 98 ib.): res pulchras, quas uti solet, id. ib. 500, 16 (Com. Rel. v. 69 ib.): ita uti eum oportet libertatem, Titin. ib. 481, 19 (Com. Rel. v. 98 ib.): cetera quae volumus uti Graecā mercamur fide, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 47: dic mihi, an boni quid usquam'st, quod quisquam uti possiet, id. Merc. 1, 2, 37: diutine uti bene licet partum bene, id. Rud. 4, 7, 15: profecto uteris ut voles operam meam, id. Poen. 5, 2, 128: mea, quae praeter spem evenere, utantur sine, Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 29: BALINEVM ... QVOD VSI FVERANT AMPLIVS ANNIS XXXX., Inscr. Orell. 202: si quid est, quod utar, utor: si non est, egeo, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 23, 1: oleam albam, quam voles uti, condito, id. R. R. 118: quam rem etiam nomine eodem medici utuntur, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 23: ferrum, Aur. Vict. Caes. 17, 4.—
2 Hence, esp. gerund. in phrases dare utendum, to lend; recipere or rogare or petere utendum, to borrow, etc. (class.; freq. in Plaut.): quod datum utendum'st, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 7: quae utenda vasa semper vicini rogant, id. Aul. 1, 2, 18; 2, 4, 32; 2, 9, 4; id. Pers. 1, 3, 47 sq.; id. Mil. 2, 3, 76; id. Rud. 3, 1, 10: auris tibi contra utendas dabo, Enn. ap. Non. 506, 1 (Trag. Rel. v. 364 Vahl.); Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 81: quae bona is Heraclio omnia utenda ac possidenda tradiderat, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 46: te, quod utendum acceperis, reddidisse, id. Tusc. 3, 17, 36: multa rogant utenda dari, data reddere nolunt, Ov. A. A. 1, 433.—
II Transf. (through the intermediate idea of having and using).
A Pregn., to enjoy the friendship of any one; to be familiar or intimate with, to associate with a person.
a With abl: his Fabriciis semper est usus Oppianicus familiarissime, Cic. Clu. 16, 46: quā (Caeciliā) pater usus erat plurimum, id. Rosc. Am. 11, 27: Trebonio multos annos utor valde familiariter, id. Fam. 1, 3, 1: Lucceius qui multum utitur Bruto, id. Att. 16, 5, 3: utere Pompeio Grospho, Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 22: quo pacto deceat majoribus uti, id. ib. 1, 17, 2: si sciret regibus uti, ib. ib. 14: ita me verebatur ut me formatore morum, me quasi magistro uteretur, Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 2.—
b With acc.: vilica vicinas aliasque mulieres quam minimum utatur, Cato, R. R. 143, 1.—
B To be in possession of a thing, esp. to have, hold, or find a thing in some particular mode or character; with abl.: mihi si unquam filius erit, ne ille facili me utetur patre, he shall find an indulgent father in me, Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 5; cf.: patre usus est diligente et diti, Nep. Att. 1, 2: bonis justisque regibus, Cic. Rep. 1, 33, 50: quae (sc. libertas) non in eo est, ut justo utamur domino, sed ut nullo, id. ib. 2, 23, 43; cf. id. Fin. 1, 1, 2: hic vide quam me sis usurus aequo, id. Verr. 2, 5, 59, § 154: ut is illis benignis usus est ad commodandum, id. ib. 2, 4, 3, § 6: ne bestiis quoque immanioribus uteremur, id. Rosc. Am. 26, 71: me Capitolinus convictore usus amicoque A puero est, Hor. S. 1, 4, 95: uteris monitoribus isdem, id. Ep. 2, 2, 154: valetudine non bonā, Caes. B. C. 3, 49: quo (sc. Philoctete) successore sagittae Herculis utuntur, Ov. M. 13, 52.—Absol.: nam pol placidum te et clementem eo usque modo ut volui usus sum in alto (= placidum te esse ut volui, sic te usus sum), Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 8.—Hence, P. a.: ūtens, ntis, m., possessing, that possesses: utentior sane sit, i. e. a larger possessor, richer, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71.
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ūtor,⁶ ūsus sum, ūtī, intr. [tr. arch.],
1 se servir de, faire usage de, user de, utiliser, employer : a) avec abl. : materia ad naves reficiendas Cæs. G. 4, 31, se servir du bois pour réparer des vaisseaux ; alicujus consilio Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 114, utiliser les avis de qqn ; hac voce Cic. Cæcil. 19, parler en ces termes ; arte Cic. Rep. 1, 2, pratiquer un art ; silentio Cic. Marc. 1, observer le silence ; aura nocturna Cæs. C. 3, 8, mettre à profit les souffles de la nuit ; patientia Cic. Phil. 1, 9, user de patience ; severitate Cic. Q. 1, 1, 9, user de rigueur ; stultitia Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 103, montrer de la sottise, cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 97 ; b) [avec deux abl.] : vel imperatore vel milite me utimini Sall. C. 20, 16, mettez-moi à contribution à votre gré, comme général ou comme soldat, cf. Liv. 22, 19, 6 ; c) arch. avec acc. [v. Non. 497, 15 ] : Pl. Pœn. 1088 ; Rud. 1241 ; Cato Agr. 118 || avec acc. n. d’un pron. : Ter. Ad. 815 ; Cat. d. Gell. 13, 23, 1 || surtout emploi de l’adj. verbal : utenda vasa rogant Pl. Aul. 96, ils demandent à emprunter des vases ; bona utenda ac possidenda alicui tradere Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 46, donner à qqn la jouissance et la possession de biens, cf. Cic. Tusc. 3, 36 ; Ov. Ars 1, 433 ; d) abst] faire usage : quærere et uti Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 57, acquérir et jouir ; (opportunæ sunt) divitiæ, ut utare Cic. Læl. 22, la fin des richesses, c’est l’usage
2 [en part.] a) être en relation avec qqn : aliquo familiarissime Cic. Clu. 46, avoir avec qqn les relations les plus intimes, cf. Cic. Fam. 1, 3, 1 ; aliquo multum uti Cic. Att. 16, 5, 3, avoir des relations suivies avec qqn, être très lié avec qqn, cf. Cic. Amer. 27 ; Læl. 2 || scis quo pacto deceat majoribus uti Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 2, tu sais la manière d’en user avec les grands (de se comporter...) || fréquenter : hominibus improbis multis Cic. Cæl. 12, fréquenter beaucoup de mauvaises gens, cf. Cic. Br. 147 ; b) [avec un second abl. attribut] : vide quam me sis usurus æquo Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 154, vois combien tu trouveras en moi de modération ; justioribus utemur illis... quam his... Cic. Fin. 1, 2, nous trouverons plus de raison dans les premiers que dans ces derniers ; feris immanioribus uti Cic. Amer. 71, rencontrer plus de sauvagerie chez les bêtes féroces, cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 6 ; Hor. S. 1, 4, 95 ; Ep. 2, 2, 154. formes arch. œtor, œsus, etc. CIL 1, 585, 11 ; Cic. Leg. 3, 10 || formes act. utito Cato Agr. 96, 2 ; 107, 2 ; utunto CIL 1, 589, 1, 8 || sens passif utitur Nov. d. Gell. 15, 13, 4 ; utetur Priap. 44, 4.
