vetula
Latin
Etymology
Feminine of vetulus (“old man”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯e.tu.la/, [ˈu̯ɛt̪ʊɫ̪ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈve.tu.la/, [ˈvɛːt̪ulä]
Noun
vetula f (genitive vetulae); first declension
- old woman
- 1st or 2nd century, Juvenal, Satires, translated by Paul Allen Miller in Latin Verse Satire: An Anthology and Critical Reader, p.381.
- mortua, non vetula ("a dead woman, not an old one")
- 1st or 2nd century, Juvenal, Satires, translated by Paul Allen Miller in Latin Verse Satire: An Anthology and Critical Reader, p.381.
- a corn dolly or small figurine, shaped as an old woman; a term in use among the Druidic pagans of Flanders in the 7th century
- 7th century AD, Vita Eligii (The Life of St. Eligius), sermons of St. Eligius, translated by Jo Ann McNamara.
- Nullus in Kalendas Januarii nefanda et ridiculosa, vetulas aut cervulos vel iotticos ("Do not..make vetulas, little deer or iotticos")
- 7th century AD, Vita Eligii (The Life of St. Eligius), sermons of St. Eligius, translated by Jo Ann McNamara.
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | vetula | vetulae |
| Genitive | vetulae | vetulārum |
| Dative | vetulae | vetulīs |
| Accusative | vetulam | vetulās |
| Ablative | vetulā | vetulīs |
| Vocative | vetula | vetulae |
References
- vetula 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)
- Elskens, Etienne, compiler. Latin Words, Genealogical Society of Flemish Americans.
- Miller, Paul Allen. Latin Verse Satire: An Anthology and Critical Reader, p.380-381.
- Vita Eligii (The Life of St. Eligius) (in English) - US translation
- Vita di Eligio, SRM 4, II, 16. (in Latin)
Corn dolly on Wikipedia.Wikipedia