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vetustus

vetustus

Latin

Adjective

vetustus m ‎(feminine vetusta, neuter vetustum); first/second declension

that which has existed a long time; old, ancient, aged; established, lasting
after or in the manner of the ancients
from ancient times or antiquity; archaic
(figuratively, of a disease) chronic, prolonged, lingering, established

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
nominative	vetustus	vetusta	vetustum		vetustī	vetustae	vetusta
genitive	vetustī	vetustae	vetustī		vetustōrum	vetustārum	vetustōrum
dative	vetustō	vetustae	vetustō		vetustīs
accusative	vetustum	vetustam	vetustum		vetustōs	vetustās	vetusta
ablative	vetustō	vetustā	vetustō		vetustīs
vocative	vetuste	vetusta	vetustum		vetustī	vetustae	vetusta

Synonyms

(old, ancient, aged): vetus
(established): vetus

Derived terms

vetustē
vetustescō

Related terms

vetera
veterāmentārius
veterānus
veterārius
veterascō

veterātus
veterētum
veterīnārius
veterīnus

veternōsitās
veternōsus
veternus
veterō

vetulus
vetus
vetusculus
vetustās

Descendants

French: vétuste
Italian: vetusto
Spanish: vetusto, vetusta

References

vetustus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
vetustus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “vetustus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.