veteranus
Latin
Alternative forms
- vetrānus (Late or Vulgar Latin)
Etymology
Derived from vetus (“old, aged”) + -ānus (“noun forming suffix”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /we.teˈraː.nus/, [wɛ.tɛˈraː.nʊs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ve.teˈra.nus/, [ve.teˈraː.nus]
Adjective
veterānus (feminine veterāna, neuter veterānum); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension.
| 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
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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