Oxford Latin Dictionary
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ūtī to use
ūtī is a Latin Verb that primarily means to use.
Definitions for ūtī
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
+abl., to use, enjoy, experience
English derivatives:
abuse disuse peruse usual usurp usury utensil utilize utility utilitarian
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To use for some end or purpose, make use of, put to use (abst. or concr. things). (b) to use (one's faculties, etc.). (c) (w. purpose, or sim., expr.). (d) (gdve., esp. in contexts expr. lending or borrowing).
- 2
(spec.) (a) To take, consume (food or drink). (b) to wear (clothes). (c) to live or spend one's time in (a place), use as a location for one's activities. (d) to use (words, language, etc.) in speaking. (e) to play (a musical instrument). (f) (combined with fruor) to have the usufruct of.
- 3
To use the services of, employ (a person).
- 4
To manage, handle, control.
- 5
To avail oneself of, make use of.
Sentences with ūtī
Latin to English
Sī quis vīnō eius generis ūtī audeat, celeriter moriātur.Compare If anyone should dare to use wine of that sort, he would quickly die.
Omnibus opibus nostrīs ūtāmur ut patria nostra servētur.Compare Let us use all our resources so that our country may be saved.
Hīs rēbus studentēs, et librīs et vītā ūtāmur.Compare As we study these subjects, let us enjoy both books and life.
Nōbīs persuāsit ut aequīs lēgibus semper ūterēmur.Compare He persuaded us that we should always use just laws.
Cicerō Graecīs litterīs ūtēbātur.Compare Cicero used to enjoy Greek literature.
Quoniam rectus consilium haud bene evenio, pravus utor coepi.Compare Since just plans had not turned out well, he began to use base ones.
Itaque utor idem perfugium, qui tu utor censeo.Compare And so I use the same refuge which I think you ought to use.
Conjugation table for ūtī
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| ūtor ūteris ūtitur ūtimur ūtiminī ūtuntur | ūtēbar ūtēbāris ūtēbātur ūtēbāmur ūtēbāminī ūtēbantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| ūsus sum ūsus es ūsus est ūsī sumus ūsī estis ūsī sunt | ūsus eram ūsus erās ūsus erat ūsī erāmus ūsī erātis ūsī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| ūtar ūtēris ūtētur ūtēmur ūtēminī ūtentur | ūsus erō ūsus eris ūsus erit ūsī erimus ūsī eritis ūsī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| ūtar ūtāris ūtātur ūtāmur ūtāminī ūtantur | ūterer ūterēris ūterētur ūterēmur ūterēminī ūterentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| ūsus sim ūsus sīs ūsus sit ūsī sīmus ūsī sītis ūsī sint | ūsus essem ūsus essēs ūsus esset ūsī essēmus ūsī essētis ūsī essent |
Infinitive present ūtī Infinitive perfect ūsum esse Infinitive future ūsūrum esse | Imperative present ūtere ūtiminī Imperative future ūtito / ūtitor ūtito / ūtitor - ūtunto / ūtuntor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| ūtēns | ūtentēs | |
| ūtēns | ūtentēs | |
| ūtēns | ūtentēs | |
| ūtēns | ūtentēs | |
| ūtēns | ūtentēs | |
| Participle future active | ||
| ūsūrus | ūsūrī | |
| ūsūrus | ūsūrī | |
| ūsūrus | ūsūrī | |
| ūsūrus | ūsūrī | |
| ūsūrus | ūsūrī | |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| ūsus | ūsī | |
| ūsus | ūsī | |
| ūsus | ūsī | |
| ūsus | ūsī | |
| ūsus | ūsī | |
| Gerundive | ||
| ūtendus | ūtendī | |
| ūtendus | ūtendī | |
| ūtendus | ūtendī | |
| ūtendus | ūtendī | |
| ūtendus | ūtendī | |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| ūtī | ūsum | |
| ūtī | ūsū | |
| ūtī | ||
| ūtī | ||
| ūtī | ||
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | ūtēns | ūtentēs |
| Gen. | ūtentis | ūtentium |
| Dat. | ūtentī | ūtentibus |
| Acc. | ūtentem | ūtentēs |
| Abl. | ūtente | ūtentibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | ūsūrus | ūsūrī |
| Gen. | ūsūrī | ūsūrōrum |
| Dat. | ūsūrō | ūsūrīs |
| Acc. | ūsūrum | ūsūrōs |
| Abl. | ūsūrō | ūsūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | ūsus | ūsī |
| Gen. | ūsī | ūsōrum |
| Dat. | ūsō | ūsīs |
| Acc. | ūsum | ūsōs |
| Abl. | ūsō | ūsīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | ūtendus | ūtendī |
| Gen. | ūtendī | ūtendōrum |
| Dat. | ūtendō | ūtendīs |
| Acc. | ūtendum | ūtendōs |
| Abl. | ūtendō | ūtendīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | ūtī | ūsum |
| Gen. | ūtendī | ūsū |
| Dat. | ūtendō | |
| Acc. | ūtendum | |
| Abl. | ūtendō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 239.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 2119.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 120.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "ūtor, ūtī, ūsus sum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/utor-uti-usus-sum.
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Wheelock's Latin
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