vetulus

• veclus (Late Latin, proscribed)

From vetus (“old”) + -ulus (diminutive ending).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwɛ.tʊ.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvɛː.tu.lus]

vetulus (feminine vetula, neuter vetulum); first/second-declension adjective

1. old; little old, poor old
   • 1522, The Profane Feast (Conuiuium profanum):

     Vetulus canis non facile assuescit loro.

     It is hard to accustom an old dog to a leash.

First/second-declension adjective.

All via the late form veclus with regular syncope and *tl > cl.

vetulus m (genitive vetulī); second declension

1. old man; little old man
   • Genesis 18:12 (in Latin)

     "et dominus meus vetulus ("and my lord is an old man")

Second-declension noun.

• vetula

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• “vetulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "vetulus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “vetulus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Elskens, Etienne, compiler. Latin Words, Genealogical Society of Flemish Americans.[1]
• Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Latin and the development of the Romance languages: The postclassical period, Vulgar Latin, 2007. [2]