vetulus
Latin
Alternative forms
- veclus (Vulgar Latin)
Etymology
From vetus (“old”) + -ulus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯e.tu.lus/, [ˈu̯ɛt̪ʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈve.tu.lus/, [ˈvɛːt̪ulus]
Adjective
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")
- 1522, The Profane Feast (Conuiuium profanum):
Declension
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 | |
Synonyms
- (old): senex
Descendants
- Vulgar Latin: veclus (see there for further descendants)
Noun
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
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
- vetula
- vetulas
References
- “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.
- Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Latin and the development of the Romance languages: The postclassical period, Vulgar Latin, 2007.