vetustus Latin · revision 31087

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *wet-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [wɛˈtʊs.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [veˈtus.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vetustus''' (feminine vetusta, neuter vetustum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|vetus|t=old]] with the suffix [[m|la|-tus]];^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Wiktionary takes its first sense to be “having many years”, from a time when ⟨vetus⟩ still meant “year”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨vetus⟩ to [[itc-pro|*wetos-|t=year]] and [[ine-pro|*wet-os-|t=year]], cognate with [[grc|ἔτος|tr=étos|t=year]] and [[sa|वत्सर|tr=vatsará|t=year]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler gives Plautus as its first author, and Lewis and Short quote him on old wine.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Ennius' ''Annals'' have ''vetusta virum … bella'', the ancient wars of men.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is of things that have lasted a long time, old or long-established, as Accius' ancient tower; of diseases it is chronic (Celsus), and of time long-continued, as Lucretius' things worn out by long age.^(OLD 2012) Of people it is long-established, as Livy's oldest allies.^(OLD 2012) It is also what belongs to the distant past, and what is typical of old times, archaic, as Cicero's old words.^(OLD 2012) Lewis and Short call the positive mostly poetic and used almost only of things.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “old, ancient”, with ''vetustissimus'' “very ancient”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of old wine.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius of ancient wars.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius of an ancient tower.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of archaic words.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus of chronic diseases.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Old, [[m|en|ancient]], long-established;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995) ''(of diseases)'' [[m|en|chronic]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Of the distant past.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|old-fashioned|alt=Old-fashioned]], [[m|en|archaic]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[vetustē]]

+ * [[vetustescō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vetera]]

+ * [[veterāmentārius]]

+ * [[veterānus]]

+ * [[veterārius]]

+ * [[veterascō]]

+ * [[veterātor]]

+ * [[veterātōriē]]

+ * [[veterātōrius]]

+ * [[veterātrix]]

+ * [[veterātus]]

+ * [[vetus]]

+ * [[vetustās]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein contrasts [[antīquus]] and [[prīscus]], what existed once and is no more, with [[vetus]] and ''vetustus'', what has existed for a long time.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}