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vĕtustas , ātis, f. id.,
I.old age, age, long existence.
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: “municipium vetustate antiquissimum,” Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 15: “vetustate possessionis se, non jure defendunt,” id. Agr. 2, 21, 57: “tantum aevi longinqua valet mutare vetustas,” Verg. A. 3, 415: tum senior: quamvis obstet mihi tarda vetustas; “Multaque me fugiant, etc., = senectus,” Ov. M. 12, 182.—Plur.: “quae familiarnm vetustatibus aut pecuniis ponderantur,” Cic. Rep. 1, 31, 47.—
B. In partic., ancient times, antiquity: “historia nuntia vetustatis,” Cic. de Or. 2, 9, 36: “contra omnia vetustatis exempla,” Caes. B. C. 1, 6: “in tantā vetustate non rerum modo sed etiam auctorum,” Liv. 2, 21, 4: “vetustatem in majus componens,” exaggerating, Sall. H. 3, 60 Dietsch: “judicio vetustatis,” Quint. 1, 5, 72: “sic credidit alta vetustas,” Sil. 1, 26.—
II. Transf.
A. Long duration, great age: “quae mihi videntur habitura etiam vetustatem,” i.e. will have a long duration, Cic. Att. 14, 9, 2: “scripta vetustatem si modo nostra ferent,” Ov. Tr. 5, 9, 8: vinum in vetustatem servare, till it becomes old, acquires age, Cato, R. R. 114, 2: “terebinthi materies fidelis ad vetustatem,” Plin. 13, 6, 12, § 54; Quint. 10, 1, 40; Col. 3, 2, 19; Cels. 3, 14: “conjuncti vetustate, officiis, benevolentiā,” i. e. long intimacy, ancient friendship, Cic. Fam. 13, 32, 2; 10, 10, 2; 11, 16, 2; Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 5, 16.—
B. Hence, posterity, the remote future (conceived as a time when this age will have become ancient): “de me semper omnes gentes loquentur, nulla umquam obmutescet vetustas,” Cic. Mil. 35, 98: “si qua fidem tanto est operi latura vetustas,” Verg. A. 10, 792 Ladew. and Forbig. ad loc.; cf.: “quis hoc credat, nisi sit pro teste vetustas,” Ov. M. 1, 400.—
C. In medic. lang.: “ulcerum,” i. e. inveterate ulcers, Cels. 5, 26, 31; Plin. 21, 19, 74, § 127.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (20):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 13.32.2
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 14.9.2
    • null, 5.16
    • Cicero, On the Agrarian Law, 2.21.57
    • Cicero, For Milo, 35.98
    • Cicero, Philippics, 3.6.15
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 21.4
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 12.182
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 3.415
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 10.792
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 1.400
    • Caesar, Civil War, 1.6
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.9
    • Cicero, De Republica, 1.31
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 5.72
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 1.40
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 3.14
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 5.26
    • Ovid, Tristia, 5.9
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 3.2.19
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