invetero

in-vĕtĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to render old, to give age or duration to a thing.

I.

Lit.:

aquam,

Col. 12, 12:

allium, cepamque,

Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 115.— Pass., to become old, to acquire age or durability; to abide, endure (class. but rare):

non tam stabilis opinio permaneret,... nec una cum saeclis aetatibusque hominum inveterari posset,

Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 5 B. and K. (al. inveterascere):

ad ea, quae inveterari volunt, nitro utuntur,

Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 111:

vina,

id. 19, 4, 19, § 53.— Part. pass.: invĕtĕrātus, a, um.

(α).

Kept for a long time:

acetum,

Plin. 23, 2, 28, § 59:

vinum,

id. 15, 2, 3, § 7:

jecur felis, inveteratum sale,

preserved in, id. 28, 16, 66, § 229; so,

fel vino,

id. 32, 7, 25, § 77 et saep.—

(β).

Inveterate, old, of long standing, rooted:

amicitia,

Cic. Fam. 3, 9, 3:

dolor,

id. Tusc. 3, 16, 35:

malum,

id. Phil. 5, 11, 31:

conglutinatio,

id. de Sen. 20:

licentia,

Nep. Eum. 8; Suet. Ner. 16:

litterae atque doctrinae,

Aug. C. D. 22, 6 init.:

codex,

hardened by age, Col. 4, 8, 4. —

(γ).

Of diseases, sores, etc., deep-seated, chronic, inveterate:

scabritiae oculorum,

Plin. 24, 12, 31, § 121:

ulcus,

id. 29, 4, 18, § 65.— Hence, subst.: invĕtĕrāta, ōrum, n., chronic diseases:

vehementius contra inveterata pugnandum,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 1, 8.—

II.

Trop.

1.

Mid.:

inveterari,

to keep, last, endure, Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 5; Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 53.— Esp., in law, part. pass.: inveteratus, established by prescription, customary:

mores sunt tacitus consensus populi, longa consuetudine inveteratus,

Ulp. Fragm. 1, 4.—

2.

To cause to fail, bring to an end, abolish (eccl. Lat.):

notitiam veri Dei,

Lact. 2, 16 fin.