ordinary Copy link Outline I. Common, usual1. ūsĭtātus2. quŏtidiānus (of everyday use)3. translātīcius or trālātīcius (preserved by transmission or custom)II. Not exceeding mediocrity1. mĕdiocris, e2. vulgāris, e3. quŏtidiānus (rare in this sense) • ordinary: I. Common, usual: 1. ūsĭtātus: an o. and quite common honour, u. honor pervulgatusque, Cic. Ph. 14, 4, 11: in an o. manner, u. more, id. Verr. 2, 2, 3, 9: it is an o. thing (a general practice), usitatum est, ib. 5, 44, 117. 2. quŏtidiānus (of everyday use): o. (familiar) language, q. verba, Cic. Fam. 9, 21. 3. translātīcius or trālātīcius (preserved by transmission or custom): to speak in the o. manner, loqui more tr., Phaedr. 5, 8, 24: an o. funeral, funus tr., Suet. Ner. 33: it is the o. procedure (nothing novel), translaticium est, Cic. Fam. 3, 9, ad med.: Gell. II. Not exceeding mediocrity: 1. mĕdiocris, e: no o. man, non m. vir, Cic. Rep. 3, 11; non m. homo, Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 9: to use no o. diligence, non m. diligentiam adhibere, Caes. B. G. 3, 20. 2. vulgāris, e: v. common. 3. quŏtidiānus (rare in this sense): no o. linen (dress), sindon non q., Mart. 11, 1, 2. Phr.: an o. person, unus e (de) multis, Cic. Fin. 2, 20, fin.: Off. 1, 30, 109: Ov.
ORDINARY Copy link • ORDINARYCommon, communis; or by circumlocution with solere, consuevisse, or assuevisse; e.g., the ordinary signs and (races of poison, quae indicia et vestigia esse solent veneni: as is ordinary, ut solet; ut assolet (as one is accustomed to do): ut consuetudinem fert (according to custom): ordinary life, quotidianae vitae consuetudo: an ordinary man, unus e (de) multis; unus e vulgo. Mean, low, popularis; vulgaris; pervulgaris; vulgatus, pervulgatus, pervagatus; (The words are found in this connection and order.) communis et pervagatus; plebeius. SYN. and PHRASES in COMMON.