usitatus: more or usu receptus (that has become a custom): tritus: sermone tritus (that has been much in the mouth of the people, and hence has become usual; e.g., a proverb): vulgaris (customary, vulgar): quotidianus (of every day). ☞ Never use, in this sense, sollemnis; i. e., “made sacred by use,” whence it is wrong to say “hoc verbum sollemne est Ciceroni,” for “hoc vocabulo saepe utitur Cic..” ☞ Usual is often translated solet (sole nt) esse, etc. Which are the usual indications of poison, quae indicia et vestigia esse solent veneni: the usual question is, quaeri solet: as is usual with him, ut solet or assolet; (ex) consuetudine sua, or consuetudine only (Caes.). ☞ In English, “than usual” is used elliptically; e.g. “he returns sooner than usual” = “than it is usual with him to return.” In Latin there must always be a verb. Quicker than usual, citius quam solet (solent, etc.).