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vĕtŭlus , a, um,
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.—
B. vĕtŭla , ae, f., a little old woman, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 118; Juv. 6, 241; Mart. 8, 79, 1.
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 (7):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 7.16.1
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 13.29.1
    • Plautus, Mostellaria, 1.3
    • Plautus, Epidicus, 2.2
    • Plautus, Mercator, 2.2
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 5.14
    • Cicero, De Amicitia, 19
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