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in-vĕtĕro , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I.to render old, to give age or duration to a thing.
I. Lit.: “aquam,Col. 12, 12: “allium, cepamque,Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 115.—Pass., to become old, to acquire age or durability; to abide, endure (class. but rare): “non tam stabilis opinio permaneret, ... nec una cum saeclis aetatibusque hominum inveterari posset,Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 5 B. and K. (al. inveterascere): “ad ea, quae inveterari volunt, nitro utuntur,Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 111: “vina,id. 19, 4, 19, § 53.—Part. pass.: invĕtĕrātus , a, um.
(α). Kept for a long time: “acetum,Plin. 23, 2, 28, § 59: “vinum,id. 15, 2, 3, § 7: “jecur felis, inveteratum sale,preserved in, id. 28, 16, 66, § 229; so, “fel vino,id. 32, 7, 25, § 77 et saep.—
(β). Inveterate, old, of long standing, rooted: “amicitia,Cic. Fam. 3, 9, 3: “dolor,id. Tusc. 3, 16, 35: “malum,id. Phil. 5, 11, 31: “conglutinatio,id. de Sen. 20: “licentia,Nep. Eum. 8; Suet. Ner. 16: “litterae atque doctrinae,Aug. C. D. 22, 6 init.: “codex,hardened by age, Col. 4, 8, 4. —
(γ). Of diseases, sores, etc., deep-seated, chronic, inveterate: “scabritiae oculorum,Plin. 24, 12, 31, § 121: “ulcus,id. 29, 4, 18, § 65.— Hence, subst.: invĕtĕrāta , ōrum, n., chronic diseases: “vehementius contra inveterata pugnandum,Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 1, 8.—
II. Trop.
1. Mid.: “inveterari,to keep, last, endure, Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 5; Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 53.— Esp., in law, part. pass.: inveteratus, established by prescription, customary: “mores sunt tacitus consensus populi, longa consuetudine inveteratus,Ulp. Fragm. 1, 4.—
2. To cause to fail, bring to an end, abolish (eccl. Lat.): “notitiam veri Dei,Lact. 2, 16 fin.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (10):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 3.9.3
    • Cicero, Philippics, 5.11.31
    • Suetonius, Nero, 16
    • Cornelius Nepos, Eumenes, 8
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 23.59
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 15.7
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 19.53
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.2
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 3.16
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 4.8.4
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