vetustus

Latin

Etymology

From vetus (“old”) + -tus (“-ful: forming adjectives denoting plenty or possession of some trait”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯eˈtus.tus/, [u̯ɛˈt̪ʊs̠t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /veˈtus.tus/, [veˈt̪ust̪us]

Adjective

vetustus (feminine vetusta, neuter vetustum); first/second-declension adjective

1. that which has existed a long time; old, ancient, aged; established, lasting
2. after or in the manner of the ancients, old-fashioned, old-time
3. from ancient times or antiquity; archaic
4. (figuratively, of a disease) chronic, prolonged, lingering, established

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vetustus	vetusta	vetustum		vetustī	vetustae	vetusta
genitive	vetustī	vetustae	vetustī		vetustōrum	vetustārum	vetustōrum
dative	vetustō	vetustae	vetustō		vetustīs
accusative	vetustum	vetustam	vetustum		vetustōs	vetustās	vetusta
ablative	vetustō	vetustā	vetustō		vetustīs
vocative	vetuste	vetusta	vetustum		vetustī	vetustae	vetusta

Synonyms

• (old, ancient, aged): vetus
• (established): vetus

Derived terms

• vetustē
• vetustescō

Related terms

• vetera
• veterāmentārius
• veterānus
• veterārius
• veterascō

• veterātor
• veterātōriē
• veterātōrius
• veterātrix

• veterātus
• veterētum
• veterīnārius
• veterīnus

• veternōsitās
• veternōsus
• veternus
• veterō

• vetulus
• vetus
• vetusculus
• vetustās

Descendants

• Gallo-Italic:
  • Emilian: bdost
  • Piedmontese: viosc
• Sardinian
  • Logudorese: bedustu
• Borrowings:
  • → Catalan: vetust
  • → English: vetust (obsolete)
  • → French: vétuste
  • → Italian: vetusto
  • → Portuguese: vetusto
  • → Spanish: vetusto

References

• “vetustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vetustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vetustus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “vetustus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume
  , page 365