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
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..."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..."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..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...accidere a nostro, Calve, dolore potest, quo desiderio veteres renovamus amores atque olim missas flemus amicitias, certe..."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..."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..."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..."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..."