vetus
vetus uit.-lat. 'älter, veraltend'
Von uital. *wetos „Jahr“ (Der lateinische Begriff für Jahr ist annus.), von uig. *wétos „Jahr“.
Cognates include Sanskrit वत्स (vatsá, “year; calf”), Ancient Greek ἔτος (étos), Albanian vjet, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌿𐍃 (wiþrus, “one-year-old lamb”), Old Church Slavonic ветъхъ (vetŭxŭ, “old, aged, ancient”), Russian ве́тхий (vétxij, “old, aged”), Lithuanian vẽtušas and Proto-Celtic *wetsi- (Middle Irish feis, Cornish guis, both “sow that has already given birth” < “from last year”), Etruscan 𐌅𐌄𐌕𐌖𐌔 (vetus).
Adjective
vetus (genitive veteris, comparative vetustior or veterior, superlative vetustissimus or veterrimus); third-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem)
| (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu̯e.tus/, [ˈu̯ɛt̪ʊs̠] | |||||
| (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈve.tus/, [ˈvɛːt̪us] | |||||
| Third-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem). | |||||
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | vetus | veterēs | vetera | ||
| Genitive | veteris | veterum | |||
| Dative | veterī | veteribus | |||
| Accusative | veterem | vetus | veterēs | vetera | |
| Ablative | vetere | veteribus | |||
| Vocative | vetus | veterēs | vetera | ||