I.one who has grown old, become gray, is practised, skilled in any thing.
I. In gen.: “in causis privatis satis veterator,” Cic. Brut. 48, 178: “in litteris,” Gell. 3, 1, 5.—
II. In partic.
A. In a bad sense, a crafty fellow, an old fox, sly-boots: “acutus, versutus, veterator,” Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 53; id. Rep. 3, 16, 26: “quid hic vult veterator sibi?” Ter. And. 2, 6, 26; id. Heaut. 5, 1, 16; Cic. Off. 3, 13, 57; 3, 32, 113; Gannius ap. Fest. p. 369.—
B. An old slave (opp. novitius), Dig. 21, 1, 65; 21, 1, 37.