vetus

vĕtus, ĕris (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. vĕter, Enn. and Att. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 2 Müll.; abl. regularly, vetere; but veteri, Juv. 6, 121; Stat. Th. 1, 360; 11, 582; 13, 374; comp. class. vetustior; archaic form veterior), adj. [Sanscr. vatsas, year; Gr. ἔτος, ϝετος].

• I Adj.
• • A Old (opp. young), aged: Acherunticus senex, vetus, decrepitus, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 20 (291): novus amator, vetus puer, id. ib. 5, 4, 15 (976): poëta, Ter. Heaut. 22: veteres ac moris antiqui memores, Liv. 42, 27, 4: veteres et sancti viri, Sall. H. 2, 70, 18 Maurenbr.: parentes, Verg. A. 5, 576: pecudes, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 2: gallinae, Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 146; Col. 8, 5, 14: laurus, Verg. A. 2, 513: caput, Tib. 1, 8, 42. —
  • B Old (opp. new), of long standing: quam veterrumu'st, tam homini optimu'st amicus, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 71 (165): maceria, id. ib. 2, 2, 50 (305): Antemna veterior est Romā, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 716 P. (Orig. 1, fr. 25): quod si veteris contumeliae oblivisci vellet; num etiam recentium injuriarum memoriam deponere posse? Caes. B. G. 1, 14: invidia et infamia non recens, sed vetus ac diuturna, Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 5: vetus atque usitata exceptio, id. de Or. 1, 37, 168: sphaerae illius vetus esse inventum, id. Rep. 1, 14, 22: amici veteres (opp. novi), id. Lael. 18, 67: veterrima (amicitia), id. ib.: naves, Caes. B. G. 5, 15: nobilitas, Sall. J. 85, 4: consuetudo, id. C. 23, 3: provinciae, Liv. 21, 44, 7; 28, 39, 8.—Esp., of soldiers, veteran, experienced: ille exercitatus et vetus (miles), Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 38; cf. exercitus, id. ib.; Caes. B. C. 1, 3; Liv. 41, 8, 5: copiae, Caes. B. G. 1, 27: milites, id. ib. 6, 40; Liv. 26, 41, 2: legiones, id. 27, 8, 15: centuriones, id. 4, 17, 10.—With gen. (post-Aug.): gnaros belli veteresque laborum, Sil. 4, 532: militiae, Tac. H. 4, 20: regnandi, id. A. 6, 44: scientiae et caerimoniarum, id. ib. 6, 12: operis ac laboris, id. ib. 1, 20: armorum, Sil. 17, 297.—With inf. (poet.): hinc Fadum petit et veterem bellare Labicum, Sil. 5, 565.—
  • C Old, of a former time (opp. present, existing), former, earlier, ancient, etc. (cf. antiquus): veterem atque antiquam rem novam ad vos proferam, Plaut. Am. prol. 118: historia vetus atque antiqua, id. Trin. 2, 2, 100 (375) Brix ad loc.: credendum est veteribus et priscis, ut aiunt, viris, Cic. Univ. 11: veterrimi poëtae Stoici, id. N. D. 1, 15, 41: multo vetustior et horridior ille (Laelius) quam Scipio, archaic, antiquated, id. Brut. 21, 83: in veterem revoluta figuram, Verg. A. 6, 449: fama veterum malorum, id. ib. 6, 527: injuria, Phaedr. 1, 21, 6.—
• II Substt.
• • A vĕtĕres, um, m., the ancients, men of a former time, the fathers, ancestors, forefathers: majores nostri, veteres illi, admodum antiqui, leges annales non habebant, Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 47.—Esp., of ancient authors, etc.: nostri veteres, Plin. 36, 7, 12, § 59: quae veteres factitarunt, Ter. Eun. 43: omnes veteres et Cicero praecipue, Quint. 9, 3, 1; cf. id. 5, 4, 1: antiqui veteres, Front. Ep. ad Amic. 1, 5.—
  • B vĕtĕres, um, f. (sc. tabernae), the old booths on the south side of the Forum Romanum (opp. Novae, v. novus): sub Veteribus, Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 19 (480); Liv. 44, 16, 10; Plin. 35, 4, 8, § 25.—
  • C vĕtĕra, um, n., the old, old things, antiquity (opp. praesentia): vetera semper in laude, praesentia in fastidio, Tac. Or. 18; cf. id. ib. 15: si vetera mihi ignota (sunt), Cic. Sull. 18, 51: vetera omittere, to leave out of consideration, Sall. J. 102, 14: vetera odisse, nova optare, id. C. 37, 3: vetera scrutari, traditions, Cic. Tusc. 1, 13, 29. —Prov.: vetera vaticinamini, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 129 (358) Lorenz ad loc.

vetus, veteris, Compar. veterior, wofür klassisch vetustior, Superl. veterrimus, wofür gew. klassisch vetustissimus (zu griech. ἔτος = Ϝέτος), eig. was schon lange Zeit besteht im Gegensatz zu recens, was erst vor kurzem zu sein angefangen hat, alt, I) adi.: a) im Ggstz. zum Jungen, boves (Ggstz. novelli), Varro: gallinae (Ggstz. iuvencae), Plin.: homo, Ter.: senatores, Liv.: imperatores duo, ergraute, Nep.: veteres senes, pleonastisch, Tibull.: so auch veteres et senes, Tac. dial.: u. senectus, Hor. – b) im Ggstz. zum Neuen, navis, Caes.: panis, Plin.: clavi, Plin.: necessitudines, Cic.: senator vetus et gravis aetate, Liv.: v. milites, alte, langgediente Soldaten, Liv.: so auch exercitus, Liv.: centuriones, Liv.: Antemna veterior est quam Roma, Cato origg. 1. fr. 25. – m. Genet. = ergraut, seit langem erfahren in usw. (s. Nipperd. Tac. ann. 1, 20. Heräus Tac. hist. 4, 20, 10), militiae, Tac.: operis ac laboris, Tac.: laborum, Sil.: vetus expertusque belli, Tac. (u. so belli vetus auch Corp. inscr. Lat. 8, 2581, 9): m. Genet. Gerund., regnandi, Tac. ann. 6, 44: Vologesi vetus et penitus infixum erat arma Romana vitandi, bei V. war es ein alter u. tief eingewurzelter Grundsatz, Tac. ann. 15, 5. – m. in u. Abl., ergraut in usw., vetus in astutia, Donat. Ter. Andr. 2, 6, 26. – m. Infin., bellare, Sil. 5, 565. – c) im Ggstz. zum Jetzigen, alt = vorig, ehemalig, früher, delictum, Liv.: exercitus, Liv.: tribuni, Liv.: incolae, Ascon. in Cic. Pis.: figura, Verg.: res, Cic.: innocentia, Cic.: auch verb., veterem atque antiquum quaestum servo, Plaut.: veteres et, ut aiunt, prisci viri, die alte u., wie man sagt, ergraute Vorzeit, Cic.: veteres (alter Sitte treue) et sancti viri, Sall. fr.: u. so Lucretia vetus Romana, eine alte (keusche) R., Augustin. de civ. dei 1, 19, 1. p. 31, 13 D.²: veteres auctores (Ggstz. recentes), Tac.: poëtae veterrimi, ganz aus der Vorzeit, Cic. – b. Tac. gew. v. der Zeit vor der Schlacht bei Aktium, aetas, Vorzeit, Tac.: populi Romani res, Tac. – II) subst.: A) veterēs, um, m., die Alten, a) = die Altvorderen, die Ahnen, Cic. Phil. 5, 47. – b) = die alten Schriftsteller, nostri veteres, Plin. 36, 59: omnes veteres et Cicero praecipue, Quint. 9, 3, 1: antiqui veteres, alten Griechen (viell. alten Attiker), Fronto epist. ad amic. 1, 18. p. 186, 5 N.: Ggstz. orationes veterum et novorum, Quint. 5, 4, 1. – B) Veterēs, um, f. (sc. tabernae), die alten Wechslerläden auf der Südseite des rom. Forums (Ggstz. Novae, s. novusno. I, B, c), sub Veteribus, Plaut., Cic. u.a.: pone Veteres, Liv. Vgl. Jordan Topogr. der Stadt Rom 1, 2. S. 381. – C) vetera, um, n., das Alte, Ehemalige, Ggstz. praesentia, Tac. dial. 18: haec vetera, diese alten Schriftstücke, Tac. dial. 37: vetera novis antehabeo, Tac. ann. 1, 58: si vetera (die alten, früheren Vorgänge) mihi ignota (sunt), Cic. Sull. 51: vetera vaticinamini, alte, längst bekannte Dinge, Plaut. Pseud. 363: vetera omittere, das Vergangene aus dem Spiele lassen, Sall. Iug. 102, 14: illa vetera omittere, jene alten Geschichten aus dem Spiele lassen, Cic. ad Att. 8, 3, 3: vetera odisse, nova exoptare, Sall. Cat. 37, 3: vetera et antiqua (Althergebrachtes) mirari, Tac. dial. 15 in.: vetera (das Alte = die alten Sagen) scrutari, Cic. Tusc. 1, 29. – ➳ Urspr. Form veter, Enn. ann. 17. Acc. tr. 481. – Compar. veterior ist archaist. (s. oben); dafür klass. vetustior (vgl. Varro LL. 6, 59), zB. Cic. Brut. 83. Liv. 10, 9, 12 u.a. – Abl. Sing. regelm. vetere (vgl. Halm Cic. de imp. Pomp. 26. p. 144); bei Iuven. 6, 121 u. Stat. Theb. 1, 360 u. 11, 582 u. 13, 374 veterī; vgl. Neue-Wagener Formenl.³ 2, 85–87. – vetus bei Ortsnamen ist in späterer Zeit indeklinabel, wie Petschenig in Wölfflins Archiv 10, 532 durch Beispiele nachweist.

vetus [CL], ~er [LL] 1 old, aged (also assoc. w. wear or deterioration). b (of food or drink) matured, aged. c (as sb.) old person. d (as sb. m.) Sheikh, (in quot., ~us de Monte for Ar. Shaykh al-jabal) Old Man of the Mountain (title applied to the head of the Assassins, esp. to Rashid ad-Din Sinan). 1194 ut quelibet illarum habeat unam ~erem pelliceam G. S. Alb. I 203; pictaciarii viles ‥ consuunt sotulares ~eres renovando pictacia Garl. Dict. 125; 1253 j ~us tina et due ~eres corbelles SelPlForest 107; 1280 boscus ‥ vastatur de ~eri. postea ‥ boscus bene revenit Ib. lxxxiv (cf. ib.: pro veteri vasto bosci; Forest Bk. Sherwood 155: boscus ‥ vastatur de ~eri et emendatur de novo); 1286 pro ‥ emendacione quatuor cellarum ~erum (KR Ac) Arch. LXX 54; 1297 preceptum est quod vendantur ‥ ~eres arbores in bosco Ac. Cornw 253; 1313 in feno empto ad sustentacionem xv jumentorum ~erum KR Ac 99/22; 1338 j gallus et viij galline ~eres Ac. Durh. 199; 1364 falsum latronem et rusticum ~erem et defractum Cal. Pl. Mem. Lond. II 15; 1503 j seue vecter' et xij tracchis nullius valoris Crawley 498.  b non vino ~eri ‥ sed musto sunt ‥ impleti Bede Acts 948A; 1335 j perna baconis ~eris Househ. Ac. 184; 1335 de x doliis vini ~eris valde debilis KR Ac 19/3 m. 3.  c luna vetus veteres, juvenes nova luna requirit (Vers.) Gad. 80 2.  d 1195 litteras quas ~us de Monte misit duci Andriae de morte marchisii (Lit. Episc.) Diceto YH 127; 1238 de nuncio ~eris de †Mussa [? l. monte] in Angliam veniendo Foed. I 382 (cf. M. Par. Maj. III 488: s1237 missi sunt Saracenorum legati solennes ‥ principaliter ex parte ~eris de Monte); rex Ricardus misit ‥ legationem ad ~erem de Monte Brompton 1252. 2 that has existed a long time, long-standing. b long known about (in quot. Digestum ~us, of part of Justinian's Digest, dist. fr. more recently recovered parts). est et altera ~us quoque relatio viri Dei V. Greg. p. 94; caverat ne in aliquam domum ad se introirent, ~ere usus augurio ne ‥ deciperent Bede HE I 25 p. 45; 801 habes quoque et ~eris consuetudinis sufficienter sacramentaria majora Alcuin Ep. 226; s1139 ex ~eri odio in Alanum W. Malm. HN 473 p. 31; parietem ~eris inimicitie inter Deum et hominem ‥ destruxit Osb. Clar. Anna f. 47.  b Digestum ~us, tres partes cum Digesto Novo Swafham 99. 3 (w. proper name) senior, the old, the elder. cedulam vacuam ‥ puella quedam de camera ‥ sigillo ~eris Willelmi de Oildebof signavit Gir. SD 90 (cf. ib. xxxvi n. 84: for W. de Weldeboef juvenis). 4 of the past, (esp.) of the distant past, of long ago, ancient. b (as sb. pl.) the Ancients (esp. w. ref. to Classical times). c ancestors. d (contrasted w. more recent instance or sim., esp. opp. to novus) old, earlier, previous. e (de ~eri) of the early (harvest). fauni de ~eribus pastoribus fuerunt in principio mundi Lib. Monstr. I 4; apud ~eres Judaeos poena fuerit ut in profundum ligato saxo demergerentur Bede Mark 226B; 1170 cum ‥ me tanto exilii tempore ~eres amici prorsus omiserint J. Sal. Ep. 294 (299); paulominus ad pristinam reditur experiendam ~erum nequitiam tyrannorum J. Ford Serm. 67. 12; quis jam non dixerit B. Petrum ad artem suam ~erem, viz. piscatoriam, reversum Chr. Evesham 33; 1300 ~erorum [sic MS; ? veternorum] rubigine viciorum Reg. Cant. 717; fit exuitio plenaria a vinculo ~eris debiti Netter DAF II f. 115rb.  b p675 tiara apud ~eres in capite sacerdotum constituebatur Aldh. Ep. 4 p. 483; [elocutio] facunda erit ‥ si auctoritate ~erum fulcitur Alcuin Rhet. 37; etiam nominativum ‘saluber’ protulisse ~eres ostenditur Abbo QG 3 (8); disciplinale ‥ apud ~eres ‥ percunctatio ‥ appellabatur Balsh. AD rec. 2 127.  c agnita ‥ ~erum prosapia G. Mon. I 3.  d omnibus de ~eri ecclesia sublatis Gosc. Aug. Maj. 46C; ~eri ‥ jure statutum est et novo non est abolitum J. Sal. Pol. 607B; 1198 de ~eri cremento firme ejusdem burgi. ‥de novo cremento ejusdem burgi Pipe 2; 1262 collectores debitorum weteris gilde mercatorie Gild Merch. II 6; 1282 viiij d. et ob. sterlingorum ~erum ‥ v d. sterlingorum novorum (Comp. Collect. Apostol.) EHR XXXII 52; 1331 vocabulum de flemenesrenth ‥ quod est ~us anglicum PQW 25a; 1349 unam shoppam ‥ in ~era draperia Cart. Osney II 70.  e 1252 de frumento de ~eri liiij sum. DCCant. Register/H f. 173b; c1259 exitus hastiberi, sc. de ~eri blado, iiij quar. Estates Crowland 191; 1280 remanserunt x marcate dumtaxat de ~eri blado Reg. Heref. 258; 1336 vj bus. brasei de ~eri Househ. Ac. 180; 1337 in cervisia braciata ij qr. brasei ‥ unde medietas de ~eri precium xxij s. Ib. 216.

1 vĕtus, (6) ĕris (ἔτος), ¶ 1 qui a des années, vieux, qui nʼest pas jeune [en parl. dʼh., dʼanim., de plantes] : Pl. Merc. 291 ; 976 ; Ter. Haut. 22 ; Liv. 42, 27, 4 ; Virg. En. 5, 576 || Varro R. 2, 11, 2 ; Plin. 10, 146 || Virg. En. 2, 513 ¶ 2 de vieille date, qui remonte loin, qui nʼest pas nouveau, pas récent : Pl. Truc. 172 ; Cat. d. Prisc. Gramm. 6, 80 ; vinum vetus Cic. Br. 287, vin vieux ; amici veteres Cic. Læl. 67, amis de vieille date ; vetus contumelia Cæs. G. 1, 14, 2, vieil outrage, cf. Cic. Verr. 2, pr. 5 ; Læl. 67 ; de Or. 1, 168 ; vetus Academia Cic. Br. 315, lʼancienne Académie, cf. Cic. Tusc. 5, 75 || vetus miles Cic. Tusc. 2, 38, vétéran, cf. Cæs. G. 6, 40, 4 ; [avec gén.] vetus militiæ Tac. H. 4, 20, vieux dans le service, cf. Tac. H. 6, 12 ; 6, 44 ; 15, 5 ; [avec inf.] vetus bellare Sil. 5, 565, vieilli dans les combats ¶ 3 dʼautrefois, des temps antérieurs, du temps passé, ancien : vetus res Pl. Amph. 118, histoire dʼautrefois ; sed hæc et vetera et... Cic. Tusc. 1, 74, v. a 2^e col. début ; veteres philosophi Cic. Off. 2, 5, les anciens philosophes ; scriptores veteres Cic. Br. 205, les vieux auteurs ; vetus judiciorum severitas Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 146, lʼancienne sévérité des tribunaux ; pl. n. vetera, les choses dʼautrefois, les faits anciens : ut vetera mittam Cic. Font. 12, pour laisser de côté le passé, cf. Verr. 2, 3, 182.

➳ dʼordin. comp. vetustior et sup. veterrimus ; veterior [arch.] Cato Orig. 1, 25 || primit^t veter Enn. Ann. 17 ; Acc. Tr. 481 || abl. régulier vetere, mais veteri Juv. 6, 121 ; Stat. Th. 1, 360 ; 11, 582 ; 13, 374.

vetus , eris. adj. c. erior. s. errimus.
舊。故。老。向日者。— verbum 陳言。— panicum 陳黄米。— vestimentum 故衣。— bubula 腥牛肉。Sub veteribus (tabernis) 地名。

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vetus eris, adj.with sup.veterrimus (for comp.see vetustus)

• VET-, old, aged, advanced in years: poëta, T.: veteres et moris antiqui memores, L.: laurus, V.—Old, of long standing, seated: contumelia, Cs.: invidia, inveterate: amici (opp. novi): veterrima (amicitia): consuetudo, S.: provinciae, L.—Of soldiers: ille exercitatus et vetus (miles): milites, Cs.: legiones, L.: (tabernae) Veteres, the old booths of money-changers in the Forum(opp. Novae), L.—Esp., in the phrase, vetus est, it is an old saying: vetus est, de scurrā divitem fieri posse, etc.—Old, of a former time, former, earlier, ancient: credendum est veteribus et priscis, ut aiunt, viris: veterrimi poëtae Stoici: fama veterum malorum, V.: iniuria, Ph.—Plurm. as subst, the ancients, men of old, fathers, forefathers: maiores nostri, veteres illi: Quae veteres factitarunt, ancient writers, T.—Plurn. as subst, the old, antiquity: si vetera mihi ignota (sunt), earlier events: vetera omittere, to leave out of consideration, S.: scrutari vetera, traditions: haec vetera, these old writings, Ta.