Latin

Alternative forms

• veclus (Vulgar Latin)

Adjective

vetulus m ‎(feminine vetula, neuter vetulum); first/second declension

1. 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")

Inflection

First/second declension.

Synonyms

• (old): senex

Descendants

Noun

vetulus m ‎(genitive vetulī); second declension

1. old man; little old man
   • Genesis 18:12 (in Latin)

     "et dominus meus vetulus ("and my lord is an old man")

Inflection

Second declension.

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “vetulus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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.