veteranus Latin · revision 7226

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Varro|origins=la vetus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [wɛ.tɛˈraː.nʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ve.teˈraː.nus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''veterānus''' (feminine veterāna, neuter veterānum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from the stem ⟨veter-⟩ of [[vetus]] “old” with the suffix [[-ānus]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) Inscriptions have the syncopated ⟨vetrānus⟩.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Varro, of mature animals.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant mature, old, of animals and plants in technical language, as Varro's ''bovēs veterānī'' and Columella's vines and hens.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of troops it meant experienced in action, veteran, and as a noun a veteran, as Cicero's ''veterānī mīlitēs'' and Caesar's veteran legions.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Seneca uses it of experience in other occupations, and of an experienced person.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant veteran.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Romanian ''bătrân'' “old”, and French ''vétéran'' gave [[en|veteran]] about 1500, “an old experienced soldier”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of mature oxen.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of veteran soldiers.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1500 – English ''veteran'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of animals and plants, mature, old.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Of troops, experienced, [[m|en|veteran]]; as a noun, a veteran.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Experienced; an experienced person.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vetus]]

+ * [[en|veteran]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}