inveterasco

in-vĕtĕrasco, rāvi, 3, v. n. inch. (in the form inveteresco, Inscr. ap. Att. dell' Acad. Rom. Archeol. 2, p. 46, n. 17), to grow old, to become fixed or established, to continue long (class.).

I.

Lit.: quibus quisque in locis miles inveteravit, Caes. B. C. 1, 44:

equites, qui inveteraverant Alexah. driae bellis,

id. ib. 3, 10:

populi R. exercitum hiemare atque inveterascere in Gallia moleste ferebant,

to settle, establish themselves, id. B. G. 2, 1:

aes alienum inveterascit,

Nep. Att. 2:

res nostrae litterarum monumentis inveterascent et corroborabuntur,

Cic. Cat. 3, 11, 26.—In perf., Plin. 12, 12, 26, § 44.—Of wine, to ripen, age, Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 44.—

II.

Transf., to become fixed, inveterate:

ut hanc inveterascere consuetudinem nolint,

Caes. B. G. 5, 40:

quae (macula) penitus insedit atque inveteravit in populi Romani nomine,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 3, 7:

inveteravit opinio perniciosa rei publicae,

id. Verr. 41, 1:

verbi significatio falsa,

became fixed in use, Gell. 1, 22, 1:

ulcus alendo,

Lucr. 4, 1068:

si malum inveteravit,

Cels. 3, 13:

intellego, in nostra civitate inveterasse, ut, etc.,

it has grown into use, become a custom, Cic. Off. 2, 16, 57; cf.:

si inveterarit, actum est,

id. Fam. 14, 3, 3.—

B.

To grow old, decay, grow weak or feeble, become obsolete (post-Aug.):

inveterascet hoc quoque,

Tac. A. 11, 24:

inter amicos,

Vulg. Psa. 6, 18:

ossa mea,

id. ib. 31, 3:

vestimenta,

id. 2 Esdr. 9, 21.