veternus

veternus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *wet-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *wétos
Proto-Italic *wetos
Latin vetus
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Latin -nus
Latin veternus

    From vetus (“old”, oblique stem veter-) + -nus.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    veternus m (genitive veternī); second declension

    1. old age
    2. lethargy, listlessness, somnolence

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative veternus veternī
    genitive veternī veternōrum
    dative veternō veternīs
    accusative veternum veternōs
    ablative veternō veternīs
    vocative veterne veternī

    References

    • “veternus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “veternus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “veternus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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