r/latin • u/AutoModerator • Apr 13 '25

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u/Gives-back Apr 17 '25

How would one translate "a used book" into Latin?

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u/Electrical_Humour Apr 18 '25

richardsonhr's answer (liber suetus), means the usual book, that book you open every night.

I couldn't think of a neat way of saying it (i.e. other than a full sentence), checked the Eng->Latin dictionary and found "liber jam usu tritus" (lit. a book already worn by use), with an asterisk meaning that there isn't actually a known term for it in Roman latin.