The corpus record — Latin

veteranus

veteranus · adj

veteran

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Where it lives

Eumenes 3 · 13.11/10k
De Bello Africo 17 · 13.07/10k
Philippicae 51 · 9.7/10k
Gordiani Tres 5 · 9/10k
De Bello Alexandrino 8 · 7.67/10k
Panegyricus dictus Manlio Theodoro consuli 1 · 4.65/10k
Vitellius 1 · 4.15/10k
De vita Hadriani 2 · 3.9/10k
Helvius Pertinax 1 · 3.85/10k
Galba 1 · 3.63/10k
Maximus et Balbinus 1 · 3.18/10k
De Vita Iulii Agricolae 2 · 2.97/10k

Densest 12 of 50 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

vĕtĕrānus — Lewis & Short

vĕtĕrānus, a, um, adj.id.,

I old, veteran (in technical lang.): boves, Varr. R. R. 1, 20, 2: pecus, Col. 6, 2, 9: gallinae, id. 8, 5, 6: vitis, id. 3, 15, 3: mancipia, Dig. 39, 4, 16: hostis, Liv. 21, 6, 5: miles veteranus, or simply veteranus, an old tried soldier, a veteran soldier, a veteran: milites, Cic. Phil. 3, 2, 3: veterani, Caes. B. C. 3, 24; Cic. Phil. 11, 14, 37; Liv. 37, 20, 2; 40, 39, 4; Sen. Ben. 3, 33, 1; 5, 24, 1; cf.: legiones veteranae, i. e. composed of veterans, Caes. B. G. 1, 24.—

II Trop., experienced, skilled: veteranis manibus libros evolvite, Vop. Aur. 39.

In the wild

veteranorumque Cicero, Philippicae 3.7
veterana Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 10.24.3
veteranos Tacitus, Historiae 1.70
veterani Tacitus, Annales 14.p28
veteranis Julius Caesar, De Bello Civili 3.4.1
veteranorum Cornelius Nepos, Eumenes 10

6 of 224 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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