veteranus
Latin
Alternative forms
- vetrānus (Late or Vulgar Latin)
Etymology
From vetus, veteris (“old, aged”) + -ānus (adjective-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɛ.tɛˈraː.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ve.t̪eˈraː.nus]
Adjective
veterānus (feminine veterāna, neuter veterānum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | veterānus | veterāna | veterānum | veterānī | veterānae | veterāna | |
| genitive | veterānī | veterānae | veterānī | veterānōrum | veterānārum | veterānōrum | |
| dative | veterānō | veterānae | veterānō | veterānīs | |||
| accusative | veterānum | veterānam | veterānum | veterānōs | veterānās | veterāna | |
| ablative | veterānō | veterānā | veterānō | veterānīs | |||
| vocative | veterāne | veterāna | veterānum | veterānī | veterānae | veterāna | |
Related terms
Descendants
Inherited
Borrowed
- → Catalan: veterà
- → Ancient Greek: οὐετερανός (oueteranós), οὐετρανός (ouetranós), βετεράνος (beterános), βετράνος (betrános)
- Greek: βετεράνος (veterános)
- → Aramaic:
- Hatran Aramaic: 𐣠𐣥𐣨𐣣𐣭𐣠 (ʾuwəṭrānā)
- Palmyrene Aramaic: 𐡥𐡨𐡴𐡮𐡠 (wəṭrānā)
- Classical Syriac: ܐܷܘܛܪܳܢܳܐ (ʾewəṭrānā), ܘܛܪܳܢܳܐ (wəṭrānā)
- → German: Veteran
- →? Italian: veterano
- → Middle French: vétéran
- → Portuguese: veterano
- → Spanish: veterano
References
- “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