vetulus

• veclus (Vulgar Latin)

From vetus (“old”) +‎ -ulus.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwe.tu.lus/, [ˈwɛ.tʊ.ɫʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈve.tu.lus/, [ˈveː.tu.lus]

vetulus (feminine vetula, neuter vetulum); first/second declension

1. old; little old, poor old
   • 1522, The Profane Feast (Conuiuium profanum):

     Vetulus canis non facile assuescit loro ("It is hard to accustom an old dog to a leash")

First/second declension.

• (old): senex

vetulus m (genitive vetulī); second declension

1. old man; little old man
   • Genesis 18:12 (in Latin)

     "et dominus meus vetulus ("and my lord is an old man")

Second declension.

• vetula
• vetulas

• vetulus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vetulus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vetulus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• vetulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Elskens, Etienne, compiler. Latin Words, Genealogical Society of Flemish Americans.
• Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Latin and the development of the Romance languages: The postclassical period, Vulgar Latin, 2007.