veteranus
Latin
Alternative forms
- vetrānus (Late or Vulgar Latin)
Etymology
From vetus, veteris (“old, aged”) + -ānus (adjective-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯e.teˈraː.nus/, [u̯ɛt̪ɛˈräːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ve.teˈra.nus/, [vet̪eˈräːnus]
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 |
Related terms
Descendants
Inherited
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
- veterans; experienced troops: vetus miles, veteranus miles
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