Latin

Participle

inveterātus m ‎(feminine inveterāta, neuter inveterātum); first/second declension

1. rendered old, given age or duration, aged, having been rendered old
2. (by extension) kept for a long time, preserved
3. (by extension) inveterate, old, of long standing, rooted
4. (by extension, of diseases) deep-seated, chronic, inveterate

Inflection

First/second declension.

References

• inveteratus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “inveteratus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a rooted opinion: opinio confirmata, inveterata
    
  • to cherish an inveterate animosity against some one: odium inveteratum habere in aliquem (Vat. 3. 6)