habit Copy link Outline I. Garb, dressII. A confirmed custom; esp. on the part of individuals1. consuētūdo, ĭnis, f.2. assuētūdo, ĭnis, f. (rare)3. mōs, mōris, m.III. Natural constitution • habit: I. Garb, dress: q. v. II. A confirmed custom; esp. on the part of individuals: 1. consuētūdo, ĭnis, f.: bad h.s, c. mala, Hor. S. 1, 3, 36: Cic.: the h. of doing wrong, c. peccandi, Cic. Verr. 3, 76, 177: exercise, out of which grows h., exercitatio ex qua c. gignitur, Cic. de Or. 2, 87, fin. 2. assuētūdo, ĭnis, f. (rare): whether by nature or by h. (of Tiberius's h. of speaking obscurely), seu natura sive as., Tac. Ann. 1, 11. 3. mōs, mōris, m.: v. manner, custom. Phr.: to be in the h. of doing something: sŏleo, consuesco (foll. by inf.): v. accustomed, to be. III. Natural constitution: hăbĭtus, ūs, m.: the h. (features of bodies), h. corporum, Tac. Agr. 11, init.: to be of an excellent h. of body, and great physical strength, florere h. optimo, maximis viribus, Cic. Coel. 24, 59.