veteranus

Latin

Alternative forms
  • vetrānus (Late or Vulgar Latin)

Etymology

From vetus, veteris (“old, aged”) +‎ -ānus (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

veterānus (feminine veterāna, neuter veterānum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. old, veteran

Declension

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

Descendants
Inherited
  • Aromanian: bitãrnu, bitrãn
  • Dalmatian: vetrun
  • Friulian: vedran
  • Galician: vedraño
  • Megleno-Romanian: bitǫrnă
  • Romanian: bătrân
  • Sicilian: vitiranu, vitranu
  • Venetian: vetrano
Borrowed
  • → Catalan: veterà
  • → Middle French: vétéran
  • → German: Veteran
  • → 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)
  • → Italian: veterano
  • → 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, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • veterans; experienced troops: vetus miles, veteranus miles
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