veclus

Latin

Etymology

From Latin vetulus which underwent syncope and dissimilation, from vetus with diminutive -ulus. This term is attested 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

1. (Vulgar Latin, proscribed) elderly or old

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
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

• Aragonese: biello, viello
• Aromanian: veclju
• Asturian: vieyu
• Catalan: vell
• Dalmatian: vieclo
• Franco-Provençal: vieu
• Old French: viel
  • Middle French: vieulx
    • French: vieux
• Friulian: vieli, vecjo
• Istriot: viecio
• Italian: vecchio
• Leonese: vieyu, viechu
• Mirandese: bielho

• Neapolitan: viecchio
• Old Occitan: vielh
  • Occitan: vièlh
  • → Italian: veglio
• Old Galician-Portuguese: vello
  • Fala: vellu
  • Galician: vello
  • Portuguese: velho
• Romanian: vechi
• Romansch: vegl, vigl
• Sardinian: béciu, betzu, véciu
• Sicilian: vecchiu
• Spanish: viejo
• Venetian: vecio
• Walloon: vî

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)