CURRENT Copy link • CURRENT 1. vulgaris: usitatus (usual): more or usu receptus: in usu or more positus (received as a custom, or generally received): tritus (that has been and is still in use): obsoletus (that has become common): quotidianus (occurring every day). (The words are found in this connection and order.) usitatus et quotidianus; vulgaris et obsoletus; communis et vulgaris: vulgaris communisque: bonus (good, of money; opposed to malus or adulterinus). To be current, in usu esse (usual): valere (that has currency; e.g., a coin); anything is current at a place, in aliquo loco versari (Vid: Cic., Manil., 7, 19): to become current, more or usu recipi (to become an adopted custom): a current opinion, opinio vulgaris or vulgi; sententia vulgaris; communis hominum opinio; opinio vulgata (with reference to anything); omnium opinio de re: the current opinion, that, etc., opinio vulgata, qua creditur, etc. (Vid: Liv., 40, 29): according to the current opinion, ad vulgi opinionem; ex vulgi opinione: to render a word current by frequent use, tractando facere usitatius verbum et tritius; verbum usu mollire: a current expression, verbum usitatum et tritum; verbum vulgare or vulgi [Vid: also, COMMON]: this is not a current expression, but a philosophical term, hoc non est vulgi verbum, sed philosophorum: a current saying, proverbium sermone tritum: to become current, in vulgus probari: to make current, probare (also of money, Tac., Germ., 5.) A thing passes current, aliquid sumitur, putatur, or habetur pro certo: alicui rei fides tribuitur: res fidem habet: aliquid in vulgus probatur. For current payment, praesenti pecunia. The current year, annus vertens or hic annus: the current month, hic mensis. 2. subst. Stream; Vid: Course; Vid.