veteranus
LatinEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- vetrānus (Late or Vulgar Latin)
EtymologyEdit
From vetus, veteris (“old, aged”) + -ānus (noun forming suffix).
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯e.teˈraː.nus/, [u̯ɛt̪ɛˈɾäːnʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ve.teˈra.nus/, [vɛt̪ɛˈrɑːnus]
AdjectiveEdit
veterānus (feminine veterāna, neuter veterānum); first/second-declension adjective
DeclensionEdit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | veterānus | veterāna | veterānum | veterānī | veterānae | veterāna | |
| Genitive | veterānī | veterānae | veterānī | veterānōrum | veterānārum | veterānōrum | |
| Dative | veterānō | veterānō | veterānīs | ||||
| Accusative | veterānum | veterānam | veterānum | veterānōs | veterānās | veterāna | |
| Ablative | veterānō | veterānā | veterānō | veterānīs | |||
| Vocative | veterāne | veterāna | veterānum | veterānī | veterānae | veterāna | |
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Aromanian: bitãrnu, bitrãn
- Dalmatian: vetrun
- Friulian: vedran
- Galician: vedraño
- Romanian: bătrân
- Sicilian: vitiranu, vitranu
- → Catalan: veterà
- → Middle French: vétéran
- → German: Veteran
ReferencesEdit
- veteranus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- veteranus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- veteranus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- veterans; experienced troops: vetus miles, veteranus miles
- veterans; experienced troops: vetus miles, veteranus miles