(adj.Adj.) : 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.
* Adj.
* Old (opp. young), aged: Acherunticus senex, vetus, decrepitus,Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 20: novus amator, vetus puer,id. ib. 5, 4, 15: poëta,Ter. Heaut. prol. 22: veteres ac moris antiqui memores,Liv. 42, 27, 4: veteres et sancti viri, Sall. H. 2, 23, 5 Dietsch: 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.
* Substt.
* 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 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.
* 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. prol. 43: omnes veteres et Cicero praecipue,Quint. 9, 3, 1; cf. id. 5, 4, 1: antiqui veteres,Front. Ep. ad Amic. 1, 5.
* 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; Liv. 44, 16, 10; Plin. 35, 4, 8, § 25.
* 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 Lorenz ad loc.