vetulus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === veclus (Late Latin, proscribed) === Etymology === From vetus (“old”) + -ulus (diminutive ending). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwɛ.tʊ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvɛː.tu.lus] === Adjective === vetulus (feminine vetula, neuter vetulum); first/second-declension adjective old; little old, poor old 1522, The Profane Feast (Conuiuium profanum): ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== All via the late form veclus with regular syncope and *tl > cl. === Noun === vetulus m (genitive vetulī); second declension old man; little old man Genesis 18:12 (in Latin) "et dominus meus vetulus ("and my lord is an old man") ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== vetula === References === “vetulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “vetulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "vetulus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “vetulus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Elskens, Etienne, compiler. Latin Words, Genealogical Society of Flemish Americans.[1] Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Latin and the development of the Romance languages: The postclassical period, Vulgar Latin, 2007. [2]