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veterinus

veterinus · adj

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De Rerum Natura 2 · 0.41/10k
Naturalis Historia 9 · 0.23/10k

What it meant

vĕtĕrīnus — Lewis & Short

vĕtĕrīnus, a, um, adj.contr. from vehiterinus, from veho; cf. Fest. p. 369 Müll.,

I of or belonging to carrying or drawing burdens.

I Adj.: bestia, a beast of burden or draught, Cato ap. Fest. p. 369; called also pecus, Arn. 3, 139: genus, Plin. 11, 46, 106, § 255; hence also: semen equorum, Lucr. 5, 890 (887); so, semen, id. 5, 865 (862).—

B Substt.: vĕtĕrīnae, ārum, f., and vĕ-tĕrīna, ōrum, n., draught-cattle, beasts of burden, Varr. R. R. 1, 38, 3; Plin. 11, 37, 64, § 168; 11, 50, 111, § 265.—

II Of or belonging to beasts of burden: ars, the art of healing domestic animals, Veg. Vet. praef. 1.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. ueterInus (scan pp. 753-754; entry #12584).

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