custom Copy link Outline I. Frequent or habitual using and doing1. consuētūdo, ĭnis, f.2. assuētūdo (the accustoming to something)3. mos, mōris, m.4. instĭtūtum (regular custom or practice)II. An usage; esp. of a nation1. mos2. consuētūdo3. instĭtūtum (an established c.)4. rītus, ūs (prop. of religious customs; hence used generally)5. sollenne, is, n.III. Business, buying and sellingIV. A duty, impost • custom: I. Frequent or habitual using and doing: 1. consuētūdo, ĭnis, f.: it is not my c., non est meae c., Cic.: to adhere to or follow c., c. tenere, uti, id.: according to one's c., ex c., Caes.; pro (sua) c., Cic. 2. assuētūdo (the accustoming to something): long c., longa a., Ov.: whether by nature or by c., seu natura, sive assuetudine, Tac. 3. mos, mōris, m.: v. infr. (II.). 4. instĭtūtum (regular custom or practice): Join: consuetudo et institutum meum, Cic: v. habit, practice. II. An usage; esp. of a nation: 1. mos: according to the c. and precedent of the Roman people, m. et exemplo populi Romani, Caes.: to obey c. and law, mori legique parere, Cic.: as was the c. of the kings of Bithynia, ut mos fuit regibus Bithyniae, Cic.: it is the c. of men to be unwitting, etc., mos est hominum ut nolint, Cic.: according to the c. of their ancestors, more majorum, id.: away with the barbarous c., tollite barbarum m., Hor. 2. consuētūdo: the inhuman and barbarous c. of offering human sacrifices, immanis et barbara c. hominum immolandorum, Cic.: according to the c. of the Greeks, ad c. Graecorum, Cic.: contrary to usage and c., praeter morem c.que, Cic. (N.B. Mos refers esp. to national customs, and thus usu. denotes something more general and permanent than consuetudo: v. habit.) 3. instĭtūtum (an established c.): they differ in language, c.s, and laws, lingua, institutis, legibus inter se differunt, Caes.: v. practice and supr. (4). 4. rītus, ūs (prop. of religious customs; hence used generally): to perform sacred rites after the Greek c., Graeco r. sacra facere, Liv.: v. rite. Esp. in abl. ritu, after the c. or manner of: v. like. Hence adv. rītĕ, according to (regular and proper) c., Hor.: Cic.: v. duly. 5. sollenne, is, n.: a ceremony (q. v.). III. Business, buying and selling: expr. with phr.: to have a great deal of c., *cum multis vendendi consuetudinem habere; *assiduam mercationem exercere; *multa multis vendere: to give any one your c., *ab aliquo omnia quibus indigeas emere: to lose c., *minore ementium frequentia celebrari. IV. A duty, impost: portōrium, vectīgal: v. dues, tax.
CUSTOM Copy link • CUSTOMHabit, mos: consuetudo. (The words are found in this connection and order.) mos atque consuetudo: institutum (a custom now sanctioned either by formal or tacit agreement). (The words are found in this connection and order.) mos atque institutum, or mos institutumque, or institutum ac mos: ritus (the external form observed in any holy or profane act). (The words are found in this connection and order.) mos ac ritus: caerimonia (the form in sacred things): ☞ Usus (= the constant use of anything or practice of anything) always requires an object either expressed or understood, and can never stand for mos, etc. An old custom, vetus mos: vetus consuetudo: receptus inter veteres mos (i. e., a custom practised by the ancients): mos ab antiquis ad nostram aetatem traditus: mos a majoribus or ab antiquis traditus: mos institutumque majorum: ritus patrius (a custom handed down to us from our ancestors): it is the custom, mos est; moris est: it is an old or ancient custom, a majoribus or ab antiquis traditus est mos; a majoribus institutum est: it is a custom with the Greeks that, etc., est moris Graecorum, ut, etc.: it has thus become the custom that, etc., est hoc in more positum, ut, etc.: this used to be his custom, sic ejus erat mos: it happens to be my custom, sic meus est mos: it is a custom among them, ita illis mos est: custom requires that it should be so, consuetudo ita fert: against or contrary to cuscom, contra morem; praeter morem: according to custom, e or de more; more; instituto ac more: according to an old or ancient custom, recepto inter veteres more; vetere consuetudine; more institutoque majorum; recepta jam pridem consuetudine: to be received as a custom, in morem venire: to follow the same custom, eodem instituto uti: to introduce a new custom, novum morem inducere: sacred by custom, sollemnis (Liv. 4, 53). Habit of purchasing; by circumlocution. To give anybody one’s custom, *a aliquo (multa) emere; *alicujus tabernam frequentare: uti alicujus opera (to employ a workman). Customers, emptores (of a merchant): *qui alicujus opera utuntur (of a mechanic): to have a good custom, *multos emptores habere (of a merchant); *multis operam suam praebere or praestare (of a mechanic). He is losing his custom, *discedunt a aliquo emptores pristini. Duty, vectigal (general term): portorium (for imports and transit): to pay the custom, vectigal pendere, portorium dare: Vid: also, DUTY.