vetustus

vĕtustus, a, um, adj. [vetus], that has existed a long time, aged, old, ancient (in the posit. mostly poet., and almost exclusively of things; for the comp. vetustior, v. vetus):

veteris vetusti (vini) cupida sum,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 4:

templum Cereris,

Verg. A. 2, 713:

lucus,

Ov. M. 11, 360:

silva,

id. ib. 6, 521:

ligna,

Hor. Epod. 2, 43:

gens,

Verg. A. 9, 284:

cornicum saecla,

Lucr. 5, 1084:

spatium aetatis,

id. 2, 1174; 3, 774, cf. id. 5, 827:

ratio,

id. 5, 160:

res,

Quint. 11, 2, 5:

opinio,

Cic. Clu. 1, 4:

hospitium,

id. Fam. 13, 36, 1:

amicitia,

Ov. P. 4, 3, 11:

sors,

id. M. 4, 642.—Of a person:

vetusto nobilis ab Lamo,

Hor. C. 3, 17, 1.— Comp.:

pix,

Col. 12, 23, 1:

ova,

id. 8, 5, 4:

memoria,

Plin. 13, 16, 30, § 102:

semen,

id. 21, 19, 73, § 124.— Sup.:

sepulcra,

Suet. Caes. 81:

navis,

id. ib. 66:

foedera,

Quint. 8, 2, 12:

tempora,

id. 1, 7, 11:

instrumentum imperii,

ancient records of the State, Suet. Vesp. 8.—Of persons:

qui vetustissimus ex iis, qui viverent, censoriis esset,

Liv. 23, 22, 10:

auctores,

Quint. 10, 1, 40: vetustissimus liberorum. Tac. A. 2, 2; 2, 43; 11, 32.— Adv.: vĕtustē.

* 1.

After the manner of the ancients, Ascon. ad. Cic. Verr. 1, 47; 2, 13. —

2.

From ancient times:

vetustissime in usu est,

Plin. 27, 7, 28, § 46.