"vetus" meaning in Latin

See vetus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈu̯e.tus/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈu̯ɛt̪ʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈve.tus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈvɛːt̪us] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *wetos (“year”), from Proto-Indo-European *wétos (“year”). The Latin underwent semantic shift "year" > "having accumulated (many) years" > "aged, old", with the Latin term for year being annus, from a different root. Cognates include Sanskrit वत्स (vatsá, “year; calf”), Ancient Greek ἔτος (étos), Albanian vjet, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌿𐍃 (wiþrus, “one-year-old lamb”), Old Church Slavonic ветъхъ (vetŭxŭ, “old, aged, ancient”), Russian ве́тхий (vétxij, “old, aged”), Lithuanian vẽtušas and Proto-Celtic *wetsi- (Middle Irish feis, Cornish guis, both “sow that has already given birth” < “from last year”), Etruscan 𐌅𐌄𐌕𐌖𐌔 (vetus). Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*wet-}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*wetos|t=year}} Proto-Italic *wetos (“year”), {{inh|la|ine-pro|*wétos|t=year}} Proto-Indo-European *wétos (“year”), {{cog|sa|वत्स||year; calf|tr=vatsá}} Sanskrit वत्स (vatsá, “year; calf”), {{cog|grc|ἔτος}} Ancient Greek ἔτος (étos), {{cog|sq|vjet}} Albanian vjet, {{cog|got|𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌿𐍃|t=one-year-old lamb}} Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌿𐍃 (wiþrus, “one-year-old lamb”), {{cog|cu|ветъхъ|t=old, aged, ancient}} Old Church Slavonic ветъхъ (vetŭxŭ, “old, aged, ancient”), {{cog|ru|ве́тхий|t=old, aged}} Russian ве́тхий (vétxij, “old, aged”), {{cog|lt|vẽtušas}} Lithuanian vẽtušas, {{cog|cel-pro|*wetsi-}} Proto-Celtic *wetsi-, {{cog|mga|feis}} Middle Irish feis, {{cog|kw|guis}} Cornish guis, {{cog|ett|𐌅𐌄𐌕𐌖𐌔}} Etruscan 𐌅𐌄𐌕𐌖𐌔 (vetus) Head templates: {{la-adj|vetus/veter&lt;3+.-I&gt;|comp=vetustior|comp2=veterior|sup=vetustissimus|sup2=veterrimus}} vetus (genitive veteris, comparative vetustior or veterior, superlative vetustissimus or veterrimus); third-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem) Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|vetus/veter&lt;3+.-I&gt;}} Forms: veteris [genitive], vetustior [comparative], veterior [comparative], vetustissimus [superlative], veterrimus [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], vetus [feminine, masculine, neuter, nominative, singular], veterēs [feminine, masculine, nominative, plural], vetera [neuter, nominative, plural], veteris [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], veterum [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, plural], veterī [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], veteribus [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], veterem [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], vetus [accusative, neuter, singular], veterēs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], vetera [accusative, neuter, plural], vetere [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], veteribus [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], vetus [feminine, masculine, neuter, singular, vocative], veterēs [feminine, masculine, plural, vocative], vetera [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. old, aged, elderly, ancient Tags: declension-3, one-termination Categories (topical): Age, Time Synonyms: prīscus, prīstinus, senex, antīquus, longinquus, vetustus
    Sense id: en-vetus-la-adj-ARhKHKZB Disambiguation of Age: 69 0 31 Disambiguation of Time: 51 0 49 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin third declension adjectives of one termination Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 56 37 7 Disambiguation of Latin third declension adjectives of one termination: 36 40 24
  2. long-standing Tags: declension-3, one-termination
    Sense id: en-vetus-la-adj-pHzPKFwU Categories (other): Latin third declension adjectives of one termination Disambiguation of Latin third declension adjectives of one termination: 36 40 24
  3. former, previous Tags: declension-3, one-termination Categories (topical): Time
    Sense id: en-vetus-la-adj-ilD2qVvH Disambiguation of Time: 51 0 49 Categories (other): Latin third declension adjectives of one termination Disambiguation of Latin third declension adjectives of one termination: 36 40 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: vet. [abbreviation] Related terms: vetula
Derived forms: vetera, veterāmentārius, veterānus, veterārius, veterēs, veterēscō, veternus, veterō, vetulus, Vetus Latīna, Vetus Testāmentum, vetusculus, vetustus

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "vetera"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "veterāmentārius"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "veterānus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "veterārius"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "veterēs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "veterēscō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "veternus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "veterō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "vetulus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Vetus Latīna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Vetus Testāmentum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "vetusculus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "vetustus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Balkan Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "biet"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: biet",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: biet"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "vieto"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: vieto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: vieto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Padanian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "vieri"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: vieri",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: vieri"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lmo",
            "2": "uedre"
          },
          "expansion": "Lombard: uedre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Lombard: uedre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lmo",
            "2": "eder",
            "3": "veger"
          },
          "expansion": "Lombard: eder, veger",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lombard: eder, veger"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "veider",
            "3": "vedar"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: veider, vedar",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: veider, vedar"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "vegro",
            "3": "viegro"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: vegro, viegro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: vegro, viegro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
            "2": "viero"
          },
          "expansion": "Franco-Provençal: viero",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: viero"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-lor",
            "2": "vyös"
          },
          "expansion": "Lorrain: vyös",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lorrain: vyös"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "vèire",
            "3": "vèira"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: vèire, vèira",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: vèire, vèira"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "viez"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: viez",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: viez"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "vedro"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: vedro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: vedro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "vedro"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: vedro",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "Pontevedra",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Galician: Pontevedra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: vedro ⇒ Galician: Pontevedra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "viedro"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish: viedro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish: viedro"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wet-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*wetos",
        "t": "year"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *wetos (“year”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wétos",
        "t": "year"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wétos (“year”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "वत्स",
        "3": "",
        "4": "year; calf",
        "tr": "vatsá"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit वत्स (vatsá, “year; calf”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἔτος"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἔτος (étos)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "vjet"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian vjet",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌿𐍃",
        "t": "one-year-old lamb"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌿𐍃 (wiþrus, “one-year-old lamb”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cu",
        "2": "ветъхъ",
        "t": "old, aged, ancient"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic ветъхъ (vetŭxŭ, “old, aged, ancient”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "ве́тхий",
        "t": "old, aged"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian ве́тхий (vétxij, “old, aged”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "vẽtušas"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian vẽtušas",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-pro",
        "2": "*wetsi-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *wetsi-",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "feis"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish feis",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "guis"
      },
      "expansion": "Cornish guis",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ett",
        "2": "𐌅𐌄𐌕𐌖𐌔"
      },
      "expansion": "Etruscan 𐌅𐌄𐌕𐌖𐌔 (vetus)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *wetos (“year”), from Proto-Indo-European *wétos (“year”). The Latin underwent semantic shift \"year\" > \"having accumulated (many) years\" > \"aged, old\", with the Latin term for year being annus, from a different root.\nCognates include Sanskrit वत्स (vatsá, “year; calf”), Ancient Greek ἔτος (étos), Albanian vjet, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌿𐍃 (wiþrus, “one-year-old lamb”), Old Church Slavonic ветъхъ (vetŭxŭ, “old, aged, ancient”), Russian ве́тхий (vétxij, “old, aged”), Lithuanian vẽtušas and Proto-Celtic *wetsi- (Middle Irish feis, Cornish guis, both “sow that has already given birth” < “from last year”), Etruscan 𐌅𐌄𐌕𐌖𐌔 (vetus).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "veteris",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vetustior",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veterior",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vetustissimus",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veterrimus",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vetus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veterēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vetera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veteris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veterum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veterī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veteribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veterem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vetus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veterēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vetera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vetere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veteribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vetus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veterēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vetera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vetus/veter<3+.-I>",
        "comp": "vetustior",
        "comp2": "veterior",
        "sup": "vetustissimus",
        "sup2": "veterrimus"
      },
      "expansion": "vetus (genitive veteris, comparative vetustior or veterior, superlative vetustissimus or veterrimus); third-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem)",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vetus/veter<3+.-I>"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "vetula"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "novus"
        },
        {
          "word": "recēns"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "56 37 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 40 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin third declension adjectives of one termination",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "69 0 31",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Age",
          "orig": "la:Age",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "Time",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 0 49",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Time",
          "orig": "la:Time",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "old, aged, elderly, ancient"
      ],
      "id": "en-vetus-la-adj-ARhKHKZB",
      "links": [
        [
          "old",
          "old"
        ],
        [
          "aged",
          "aged"
        ],
        [
          "elderly",
          "elderly"
        ],
        [
          "ancient",
          "ancient"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "prīscus"
        },
        {
          "word": "prīstinus"
        },
        {
          "word": "senex"
        },
        {
          "word": "antīquus"
        },
        {
          "word": "longinquus"
        },
        {
          "word": "vetustus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "one-termination"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "36 40 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin third declension adjectives of one termination",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "long-standing"
      ],
      "id": "en-vetus-la-adj-pHzPKFwU",
      "links": [
        [
          "long-standing",
          "long-standing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "one-termination"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "36 40 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin third declension adjectives of one termination",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 0 49",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Time",
          "orig": "la:Time",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This concern in particular troubled the mindful Romans at the time, not so much because of anger, which has never been more justified against any other city, rather because a city so noble and powerful, in the same way that it had attracted the support of a number of communities by its revolt, was thought would again turn attention back towards respect for the previous government once recaptured.",
          "ref": "27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 26.1",
          "text": "Ea tum cura maxime intentos habebat Romanos, non ab ira tantum, quae in nullam unquam civitatem iustior fuit, quam quod urbs tam nobilis ac potens, sicut defectione sua traxerat aliquot populos, ita recepta inclinatura rursus animos videbatur ad veteris imperii respectum."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "former, previous"
      ],
      "id": "en-vetus-la-adj-ilD2qVvH",
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        [
          "former",
          "former"
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          "previous",
          "previous"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "one-termination"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈu̯e.tus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈu̯ɛt̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈve.tus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈvɛːt̪us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation"
      ],
      "word": "vet."
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wet-",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension adjectives",
    "Latin third declension adjectives of one termination",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
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      "word": "vetera"
    },
    {
      "word": "veterāmentārius"
    },
    {
      "word": "veterānus"
    },
    {
      "word": "veterārius"
    },
    {
      "word": "veterēs"
    },
    {
      "word": "veterēscō"
    },
    {
      "word": "veternus"
    },
    {
      "word": "veterō"
    },
    {
      "word": "vetulus"
    },
    {
      "word": "Vetus Latīna"
    },
    {
      "word": "Vetus Testāmentum"
    },
    {
      "word": "vetusculus"
    },
    {
      "word": "vetustus"
    }
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      "depth": 1,
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      "text": "Balkan Romance:"
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    {
      "depth": 2,
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          "expansion": "Romanian: biet",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: biet"
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
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    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
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          },
          "expansion": "Italian: vieto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: vieto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Padanian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
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          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: vieri",
          "name": "desc"
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      ],
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      "depth": 2,
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    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lmo",
            "2": "eder",
            "3": "veger"
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          "expansion": "Lombard: eder, veger",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lombard: eder, veger"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "3": "vedar"
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          "expansion": "Romansch: veider, vedar",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: veider, vedar"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "3": "viegro"
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          "expansion": "Venetan: vegro, viegro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: vegro, viegro"
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
            "2": "viero"
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          "expansion": "Franco-Provençal: viero",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: viero"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "vèire",
            "3": "vèira"
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          "expansion": "Occitan: vèire, vèira",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: vèire, vèira"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
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          },
          "expansion": "Old French: viez",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "vedro"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: vedro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: vedro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "vedro"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: vedro",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "Pontevedra",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Galician: Pontevedra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: vedro ⇒ Galician: Pontevedra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "viedro"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish: viedro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish: viedro"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wet-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*wetos",
        "t": "year"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *wetos (“year”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wétos",
        "t": "year"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wétos (“year”)",
      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "year; calf",
        "tr": "vatsá"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit वत्स (vatsá, “year; calf”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἔτος"
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      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἔτος (étos)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "vjet"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian vjet",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌿𐍃",
        "t": "one-year-old lamb"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌿𐍃 (wiþrus, “one-year-old lamb”)",
      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cu",
        "2": "ветъхъ",
        "t": "old, aged, ancient"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic ветъхъ (vetŭxŭ, “old, aged, ancient”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "ве́тхий",
        "t": "old, aged"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian ве́тхий (vétxij, “old, aged”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "vẽtušas"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian vẽtušas",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-pro",
        "2": "*wetsi-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *wetsi-",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "feis"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish feis",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "guis"
      },
      "expansion": "Cornish guis",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ett",
        "2": "𐌅𐌄𐌕𐌖𐌔"
      },
      "expansion": "Etruscan 𐌅𐌄𐌕𐌖𐌔 (vetus)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *wetos (“year”), from Proto-Indo-European *wétos (“year”). The Latin underwent semantic shift \"year\" > \"having accumulated (many) years\" > \"aged, old\", with the Latin term for year being annus, from a different root.\nCognates include Sanskrit वत्स (vatsá, “year; calf”), Ancient Greek ἔτος (étos), Albanian vjet, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌿𐍃 (wiþrus, “one-year-old lamb”), Old Church Slavonic ветъхъ (vetŭxŭ, “old, aged, ancient”), Russian ве́тхий (vétxij, “old, aged”), Lithuanian vẽtušas and Proto-Celtic *wetsi- (Middle Irish feis, Cornish guis, both “sow that has already given birth” < “from last year”), Etruscan 𐌅𐌄𐌕𐌖𐌔 (vetus).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "veteris",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vetustior",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veterior",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vetustissimus",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veterrimus",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vetus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veterēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vetera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veteris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veterum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veterī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veteribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veterem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vetus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veterēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vetera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vetere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veteribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vetus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veterēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "vetera",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
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      "args": {
        "1": "vetus/veter<3+.-I>",
        "comp": "vetustior",
        "comp2": "veterior",
        "sup": "vetustissimus",
        "sup2": "veterrimus"
      },
      "expansion": "vetus (genitive veteris, comparative vetustior or veterior, superlative vetustissimus or veterrimus); third-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem)",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "vetus/veter<3+.-I>"
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      "name": "la-adecl"
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "vetula"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "novus"
        },
        {
          "word": "recēns"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "old, aged, elderly, ancient"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "old",
          "old"
        ],
        [
          "aged",
          "aged"
        ],
        [
          "elderly",
          "elderly"
        ],
        [
          "ancient",
          "ancient"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "prīscus"
        },
        {
          "word": "prīstinus"
        },
        {
          "word": "senex"
        },
        {
          "word": "antīquus"
        },
        {
          "word": "longinquus"
        },
        {
          "word": "vetustus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "one-termination"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "long-standing"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "long-standing",
          "long-standing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "one-termination"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This concern in particular troubled the mindful Romans at the time, not so much because of anger, which has never been more justified against any other city, rather because a city so noble and powerful, in the same way that it had attracted the support of a number of communities by its revolt, was thought would again turn attention back towards respect for the previous government once recaptured.",
          "ref": "27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 26.1",
          "text": "Ea tum cura maxime intentos habebat Romanos, non ab ira tantum, quae in nullam unquam civitatem iustior fuit, quam quod urbs tam nobilis ac potens, sicut defectione sua traxerat aliquot populos, ita recepta inclinatura rursus animos videbatur ad veteris imperii respectum."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "former, previous"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "former",
          "former"
        ],
        [
          "previous",
          "previous"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "one-termination"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈu̯e.tus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈu̯ɛt̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈve.tus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈvɛːt̪us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation"
      ],
      "word": "vet."
    }
  ],
  "word": "vetus"
}

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  "msg": "unrecognized head form: non-i-stem",
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  "section": "Latin",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "vetus",
  "trace": ""
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