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LNS

veternus, veternī

veternus

noun (m., 2^nd declension)

Old age, age
Old dirt
Lethargy, somnolence
Of the deep, long sleep or torpidity
drowsiness, dulness, sluggishness, sloth

Abbreviations

veternus, a, um, adj. vetus, of great age, old, ancient (only post-class.). Adj.: rupes, Fulg. Myth. 1 praef.: silentia, Prud. Cath. 9, 68.

— Subst.: veter-nus, i, m. * Old age, age, Stat. Th. 6, 94.

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

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

— 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.