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veteranus

veteranus

Latin

Adjective

veterānus m ‎(feminine veterāna, neuter veterānum); first/second declension

old, veteran

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
nominative	veterānus	veterāna	veterānum		veterānī	veterānae	veterāna
genitive	veterānī	veterānae	veterānī		veterānōrum	veterānārum	veterānōrum
dative	veterānō	veterānae	veterānō		veterānīs
accusative	veterānum	veterānam	veterānum		veterānōs	veterānās	veterāna
ablative	veterānō	veterānā	veterānō		veterānīs
vocative	veterāne	veterāna	veterānum		veterānī	veterānae	veterāna

Related terms

vetus

Descendants

Aromanian: bitãrnu
Dalmatian: vetrun
English: veteran
French: vétéran
Friulian: vedran
Italian: veterano

Portuguese: veterano
Romanian: bătrân, veteran
Sicilian: vitiranu, vitranu
Spanish: veterano
Venetian: vetrano

References

veteranus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
veteranus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “veteranus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- veterans; experienced troops: vetus miles, veteranus miles