veternus

== Latin == === Etymology === From vetus (“old”, oblique stem veter-) + -nus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɛˈtɛr.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [veˈtɛr.nus] === Noun === veternus m (genitive veternī); second declension old age lethargy, listlessness, somnolence ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. === References === “veternus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “veternus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “veternus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.