veterinus
Latin
Etymology
Probably from vetus (“old”) + -īnus, formed at a time when vetus was still a substantive meaning year (= Ancient Greekἔτος (étos)). Morphologically less likely, but semantically better is a connexion to vehō (“I transport”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯e.teˈriː.nus/, [u̯ɛt̪ɛˈriːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ve.teˈri.nus/, [vet̪eˈriːnus]
Usage notes
- Can be substantivized as veterīnum (sc. animal) or veterīna (sc. bēstia). Synonymous is jūmentum.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | veterīnus | veterīna | veterīnum | veterīnī | veterīnae | veterīna | |
| Genitive | veterīnī | veterīnae | veterīnī | veterīnōrum | veterīnārum | veterīnōrum | |
| Dative | veterīnō | veterīnō | veterīnīs | ||||
| Accusative | veterīnum | veterīnam | veterīnum | veterīnōs | veterīnās | veterīna | |
| Ablative | veterīnō | veterīnā | veterīnō | veterīnīs | |||
| Vocative | veterīne | veterīna | veterīnum | veterīnī | veterīnae | veterīna | |
Derived terms
References
- veterinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- veterinus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, volume 2, 8th edition, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- “veterinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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