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Veterator

Veterator · m

one who has grown old

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Where it lives

Pro Q. Roscio Comoedo 1 · 2.1/10k
Andria 1 · 1.02/10k
Pro A. Caecina 1 · 0.96/10k
Heautontimorumenos 1 · 0.91/10k
Brutus 2 · 0.8/10k
De Officiis 2 · 0.59/10k
Letters to and from Quintus 1 · 0.54/10k
Apologia 1 · 0.47/10k
De Republica 1 · 0.46/10k
de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 1 · 0.2/10k
In C. Verrem 1 · 0.1/10k
Noctes Atticae 1 · 0.09/10k

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

vĕtĕrātor — Lewis & Short

vĕtĕrātor, ōris, m.veteratus,

I one who has grown old, become gray, is practised, skilled in any thing.

I In gen.: in causis privatis satis veterator, Cic. Brut. 48, 178: in litteris, Gell. 3, 1, 5.—

II In partic.

A In a bad sense, a crafty fellow, an old fox, sly-boots: acutus, versutus, veterator, Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 53; id. Rep. 3, 16, 26: quid hic vult veterator sibi? Ter. And. 2, 6, 26; id. Heaut. 5, 1, 16; Cic. Off. 3, 13, 57; 3, 32, 113; Gannius ap. Fest. p. 369.—

B An old slave (opp. novitius), Dig. 21, 1, 65; 21, 1, 37.

In the wild

veterator Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.3.35
veterator Cicero, Brutus 178
veteratoris Cicero, De Officiis 3.57.p1
veterator Cicero, Brutus 82.p1
veterator Cicero, Pro Q. Roscio Comoedo 22
Veterator Terence, Heautontimorumenos 5.1

6 of 15 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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