vĕtŭlus | vĕtŭlus, i | vĕtŭla, ae (noun M.f) :
* Adj. dim. [vetus], little old, old (class.)
* Adj.: vetulus, decrepitus senex,Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 43: gladiator,Cic. Quint. 7, 29: filia,id. Att. 13, 29, 1: equi,id. Lael. 19, 67: arbor (opp. novella),id. Fin. 5, 14, 39: Falernum,Cat. 27, 1: cornix,Hor. C. 4, 13, 25; cf. cadi,Mart. 13, 112, 2 et saep.
* Substt.
* M., a little old man, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 4.— Jocularly: mi vetule,my little old fellow,Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 1.
* F., a little old woman, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 118; Juv. 6, 241; Mart. 8, 79, 1.