veterinus

Latin

Etymology

Probably from vetus (“old”) +‎ -īnus, formed at a time when vetus was still a substantive meaning year (compare Ancient Greek ἔτος (étos, “year”)). De Vaan invokes Adams's observation that veterīnus refers to horses in particular and were thus seen as "the old stock", due to horses living longer than other domesticated cattle-type animals.[1] Morphologically less likely, but semantically better is a connexion to vehō (“I transport”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

veterīnus (feminine veterīna, neuter veterīnum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. related to carrying or drawing burdens
  2. related to beasts of burden

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, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  • “veterinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 673
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