veternus

1.

vĕternus, a, um, adj. [vetus], of great age, old, ancient (only post-class.).

I.

Adj.:

rupes,

Fulg. Myth. 1 praef.:

silentia,

Prud. Cath. 9, 68.—

II.

Subst.: vĕter-nus, i, m.

* A.

Old age, age, Stat. Th. 6, 94.—

B.

Old dirt (post-Aug. and very rare), Col. 4, 24, 6; App. M. 9, p. 223.—

C.

Lethargy, somnolence (as a disease of aged people).

1.

Lit.:

num eum veternus aut aqua intercus tenet?

Plaut. Men. 5, 4, 3.— Of the deep, long sleep or torpidity of bears, Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 127.—

2.

Trop., drowsiness, dulness, sluggishness, sloth (freq., but not in Cic.), Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 4 (cited ap. Cic. Fam. 2, 13, 3); Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 10; Verg. G. 1, 124; Cat. 17, 24; Col. 7, 5, 3; 7, 10, 4; App. Flor. 3, p. 357.

2.

vĕternus, i, v. 1. veternus, II.