veteranus
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Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- vetrānus (Late or Vulgar Latin)
Etymology
[edit]From vetus, veteris (“old, aged”) + -ānus (adjective-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯e.teˈraː.nus/, [u̯ɛt̪ɛˈräːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ve.teˈra.nus/, [vet̪eˈräːnus]
Adjective
[edit]veterānus (feminine veterāna, neuter veterānum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | veterānus | veterāna | veterānum | veterānī | veterānae | veterāna | |
| Genitive | veterānī | veterānae | veterānī | veterānōrum | veterānārum | veterānōrum | |
| Dative | veterānō | veterānō | veterānīs | ||||
| Accusative | veterānum | veterānam | veterānum | veterānōs | veterānās | veterāna | |
| Ablative | veterānō | veterānā | veterānō | veterānīs | |||
| Vocative | veterāne | veterāna | veterānum | veterānī | veterānae | veterāna | |
Related terms
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References
[edit]- “veteranus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “veteranus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- veteranus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- veterans; experienced troops: vetus miles, veteranus miles
- veterans; experienced troops: vetus miles, veteranus miles