vetulus
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Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- veclus (late, proscribed)
Etymology
[edit]From vetus (“old”) + -ulus (diminutive ending).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu̯e.tu.lus/, [ˈu̯ɛt̪ʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈve.tu.lus/, [ˈvɛːt̪ulus]
Adjective
[edit]vetulus (feminine vetula, neuter vetulum); first/second-declension adjective
- 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")
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1522, The Profane Feast (Conuiuium profanum):
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | vetulus | vetula | vetulum | vetulī | vetulae | vetula | |
Genitive | vetulī | vetulae | vetulī | vetulōrum | vetulārum | vetulōrum | |
Dative | vetulō | vetulō | vetulīs | ||||
Accusative | vetulum | vetulam | vetulum | vetulōs | vetulās | vetula | |
Ablative | vetulō | vetulā | vetulō | vetulīs | |||
Vocative | vetule | vetula | vetulum | vetulī | vetulae | vetula |
Descendants
[edit](All via the late form veclus with regular syncope and *tl > cl.)
- Balkan Romance:
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance
- Insular Romance:
Noun
[edit]vetulus m (genitive vetulī); second declension
- old man; little old man
- Genesis 18:12 (in Latin)
- "et dominus meus vetulus ("and my lord is an old man")
- Genesis 18:12 (in Latin)
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | vetulus | vetulī |
Genitive | vetulī | vetulōrum |
Dative | vetulō | vetulīs |
Accusative | vetulum | vetulōs |
Ablative | vetulō | vetulīs |
Vocative | vetule | vetulī |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “vetulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vetulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vetulus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s 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]
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