veclus
Latin
Etymology
From Latin vetulus which underwent syncope and dissimilation, from vetus with diminutive -ulus. This term is attested[1] in the Appendix Probi, a compilation of common mistakes written in the Late Antiquity.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu̯e.klus/, [ˈu̯ɛkɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈve.klus/, [ˈvɛːklus]
Adjective
veclus (feminine vecla, neuter veclum); first/second-declension adjective
- (Vulgar Latin, proscribed) elderly or old
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | veclus | vecla | veclum | veclī | veclae | vecla | |
Genitive | veclī | veclae | veclī | veclōrum | veclārum | veclōrum | |
Dative | veclō | veclō | veclīs | ||||
Accusative | veclum | veclam | veclum | veclōs | veclās | vecla | |
Ablative | veclō | veclā | veclō | veclīs | |||
Vocative | vecle | vecla | veclum | veclī | veclae | vecla |
First/second declension.
Italo-Western declension of *veclus | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
nominative | *vę́clọs | *vę́cla | *vę́clọ | *vę́cli | *vę́clę | *vę́cla | |
genitive | *vę́cli | *vę́clę | *vę́cli | *vęclọ́rọ | *vęclárọ | *vęclọ́rọ | |
dative | *vę́clọ | *vę́clę | *vę́clọ | *vę́clis | *vę́clis | *vę́clis | |
accusative-ablative | *vę́clọ | *vę́clã | *vę́clọ | *vę́clọs | *vę́clas | *vę́cla |
Eastern declension of *veclus | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
nominative | *vę́clus | *vę́cla | *vę́clu | *vę́cli | *vę́clę | *vę́cla | |
genitive | *vę́cli | *vę́clę | *vę́cli | *vęclóru | *vęcláru | *vęclóru | |
dative | *vę́clo | *vę́clę | *vę́clo | *vę́clis | *vę́clis | *vę́clis | |
accusative-ablative | *vę́clu | *vę́clã | *vę́clu | *vę́clos | *vę́clas | *vę́cla |
Sardinian declension of *veclus | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
nominative | *vę́clus | *vę́cla | *vę́clu | *vę́cli | *vę́clę | *vę́cla | |
genitive | *vę́cli | *vę́clę | *vę́cli | *vęclóru | *vęcláru | *vęclóru | |
dative | *vę́clo | *vę́clę | *vę́clo | *vę́clis | *vę́clis | *vę́clis | |
accusative-ablative | *vę́clu | *vę́clã | *vę́clu | *vę́clos | *vę́clas | *vę́cla |
Descendants
elderly, old
References
- veclus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)