veter
Dictionary entries
- Entry →veter, vetera, veterum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Age:
- Early
old; long established; veteran, bygone; chronic;
nom. sg. (m.)voc. sg. (m.) - Entry →veto, vetare, vetavi, vetatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Age:
- Late
- Field:
- Poetry
forbid, prohibit; reject, veto; be an obstacle to; prevent;
sg. pres. pass. subj. 1st
Examples
- P
Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...nigra nemus abiete cingunt. Silvano fama est veteres sacrasse Pelasgos, arvorum pecorisque deo, lucumque diemque, qui primi finis..." - P
Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...domo, qui sunt Minionis in arvis, et Pyrgi veteres intempestaeque Graviscae. Non ego te, Ligurum ductor fortissime bello..." - P
Ecloga III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...vitis incidere falce novellas. Damoetas Aut hic ad veteres fagos cum Daphnidos arcum fregisti et calamos, quae..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...accidere a nostro, Calve, dolore potest, quo desiderio veteres renovamus amores atque olim missas flemus amicitias, certe..." - M
In Catilinam II
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...partim male gerendo negotio, partim etiam sumptibus in vetere aere alieno vacillant, qui vadimoniis, iudiciis, proscriptione bonorum defetigati..." - M
Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...hanc, quae nunc Hieronymi est, coniunxisset cum Aristippi vetere sententia. illi enim inter se dissentiunt. propterea singulis finibus..." - M
Liber Quartus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...cuique concedere. II.[3] Existimo, igitur, inquam, Cato, veteres illos Platonis auditores, Speusippum, Aristotelem, Xenocratem, deinde eorum, Polemonem..." - P
Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...celerare fugam patriaque excedere suadet, auxiliumque viae veteres tellure recludit thesauros, ignotum argenti pondus et auri. His commota..."