I.adj. dim. [vetus], little old, old (class.)
I. Adj.: “vetulus, decrepitus senex,” Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 43: “gladiator,” Cic. Quint. 7, 29: “filia,” id. Att. 13, 29, 1: “equi,” id. Lael. 19, 67: “arbor (opp. novella),” id. Fin. 5, 14, 39: “Falernum,” Cat. 27, 1: “cornix,” Hor. C. 4, 13, 25; cf. “cadi,” Mart. 13, 112, 2 et saep.—
II. Substt.
A. vĕtŭlus , i, m., a little old man, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 4.— “Jocularly: mi vetule,” my little old fellow, Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 1.—