vetulus

vĕtŭlus, a, um, 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.