veteres

From vetus (“old”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwɛ.tɛ.reːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvɛː.t̪e.res]

veterēs m pl (genitive veterum); third declension

1. the ancients, men of old, forefathers

Third-declension noun, plural only.

veterēs

1. nominative/accusative/vocative masculine/feminine plural of vetus

• vetera
• vetus

• "veteres", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)