veclus

Latin[edit]

veclus (feminine vecla, neuter veclum); first/second-declension adjective (Late Latin, proscribed)

Syncopic form of vetulus (“old”) (with regular /tl/ > /kl/)
- 3rd–4th century, Appendix Probi, line 5:
  vetulus non veclus
  [The correct form is] vetulus, not veclus

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	vetulus	vetula	vetulum	vetulī	vetulae	vetula
Genitive	vetulī	vetulae	vetulī	vetulōrum	vetulārum	vetulōrum
Dative	vetulō	vetulae	vetulō	vetulīs
Accusative	vetulum	vetulam	vetulum	vetulōs	vetulās	vetula
Ablative	vetulō	vetulā	vetulō	vetulīs
Vocative	vetule	vetula	vetulum	vetulī	vetulae	vetula

Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: veclju
- Megleno-Romanian: vecľu
- Romanian: vechi
Dalmatian:
- vieclo
Italo-Romance:
- Italian: vecchio
  - → Friulian: vecjo
  - → Sardinian: béciu, betzu
- Neapolitan: viecchio
- Sicilian: vecchiu
North Italian:
- Gallo-Italic:
  - Lombard: vègg
  - Piedmontese: vej, vegg
- Friulian: vieli
- Istriot: viecio
- Romansch: vegl, vigl
- Venetian: vecio
Gallo-Romance:
- Old Catalan: veyl, vell
  - Catalan: vell
- Franco-Provençal: vieu, viely, vielyo
- Old French: viel
  - Middle French: vieulx
    - French: vieux
  - Walloon: vî
- Old Occitan: vielh
  - Occitan: vièlh
  - → Italian: veglio
Ibero-Romance
- Aragonese: viello
- Old Leonese: [Term?]
  - Asturian: vieyu
  - Leonese: vieyu, viechu
  - Mirandese: bielho
- Old Galician-Portuguese: vello
  - Fala: vellu
  - Galician: vello
  - Portuguese: velho
- Old Spanish: vieio, vyeio
  - Ladino: viejo
  - Spanish: viejo
Insular Romance:
- Logudorese: begru, egru (southern), beju, eju (northern)
- Nuorese: becru, brecu
Vulgar Latin: *veclīre (see there for further descendants)

Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “békru”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg