vetusto

Etymology

From Latin vetustus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veˈtus.to/, [veˈt̪us̪t̪o]
• Rhymes: -usto
• Stress: vetùsto
• Hyphenation: ve‧tu‧sto

Adjective

vetusto (feminine singular vetusta, masculine plural vetusti, feminine plural vetuste)

1. (literary) ancient, old
   • 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXXII, page 575-576:

     […] dal destro vedi quel padre vetusto ¶ di di Santa Chiesa a cui Cristo le chiavi ¶ raccomandò di questo fior venusto.

     […] upon the right thou seest that ancient father ¶ of Holy Church, into whose keeping Christ ¶ the keys committed of this lovely flower.

Adjective

vetustō

1. dative masculine singular of vetustus
2. dative neuter singular of vetustus
3. ablative masculine singular of vetustus
4. ablative neuter plural of vetustus

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vetustus (“ancient”), from vetus (“old”), from Proto-Indo-European *wétos (“year”).

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ve.ˈtus.to/

Adjective

vetusto m (feminine singular vetusta, masculine plural vetustos, feminine plural vetustas, comparable)

1. ancient
2. whose age must be respected
3. dilapidated by age
4. antiquated

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vetustus.

Adjective

vetusto (feminine singular vetusta, masculine plural vetustos, feminine plural vetustas)

1. old, ancient, age-old