This usus loquendi is quite common in the New Testament; compare 1 Tim.
It has arisen from an inappropriate reference to the Latin, which has, however, no support in the Hebrew usus loquendi.
The prophets use it almost exclusively with a reference to the Messianic times,--an usus loquendi which originated in Deut.
The former is the more simple and obvious, though it must be confessed that the latter is favored by the usus loquendi of T.
That is ea quae belli usus posceret, troops and supplies.
Where the poet gives an ingenious description of a hand-mill, Pomponius adds, “Usus molarum ad manum in Cappadocia inventus; inde inventus usus earum ad ventum et ad equos.
Moreover, in the usus loquendi, the meaning to justify only occurs.
Some altogether give up the derivation from the Hebrew usus loquendi, and refer solely to the Arabic, where בעל means fastidire.
As regards the first derivation, even if the Arabic usus loquendi were proved, we could not from it make any certain inference as regards the Hebrew usus loquendi.
The expression is nowhere met with in any profane writers, nor in the Hellenistic usus loquendi.
Hitzig: "Commonly, in opposition to all the usus loquendi, the word is translated by: strong hero.
But with respect to this Arabic usus loquendi, it is far from being proved and established.
It bears the inscription, "Laterna illa ipsa qua usus est, et cum qua deprehensus Guido Faux in crypta subterranea ubi domo Parliamenti difflandae operam dabat.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "usus" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
