vetustus

From vetus (“old”) +‎ -tus (“-ful”, suffix forming adjectives denoting plenty or possession of some trait). The original meaning was "having many years", since the adjective was formed at a time when vetus still had its old meaning "year", rather than "old". Confer the cognate Ancient Greek word ἔτος (étos).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯eˈtus.tus/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /veˈtus.tus/,

vetustus (feminine vetusta, neuter vetustum); first/second-declension adjective

1. that which has existed a long time; old, ancient, aged; established, lasting

   Synonyms: prīscus, prīstinus, senex, longinquus, vetus

   Antonyms: novus, recēns

2. after or in the manner of the ancients, old-fashioned, old-time

   Synonyms: antīquus, prīscus, longinquus

   Antonym: recēns

3. from ancient times or antiquity; archaic
4. (figuratively, of a disease) chronic, prolonged, lingering, established

First/second-declension adjective.

• vetustē
• vetustescō

• “vetustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vetustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vetustus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “vetustus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 14: U–Z, page 365