The corpus record — Latin

veternosus

veternosus · adj

afflicted with lethargy

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Where it lives

Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 2 · 1.58/10k
Eunuchus 1 · 0.92/10k
De Anima 1 · 0.42/10k
Noctes Atticae 1 · 0.09/10k
Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 1 · 0.08/10k
Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

vĕternōsus — Lewis & Short

vĕternōsus, a, um, adj.veternus, II. C.,

I afflicted with lethargy, lethargic.

I Lit., Plin. 20, 4, 13, § 24; 28, 17, 67, § 230; Cato ap. Gell. 1, 15, 9; id. ap. Fest. p. 369. —

B Transf., sleepy, drowsy, dreamy: homo, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 21.—

II Trop., languid, spiritless (post-Aug.): animus, Sen. Ira, 1, 16, 25: genus dicendi, Sid. Ep. 1, 1: consuetudo, Aug. Ep. 48.—Sup.: veternosissimi artificii nodos, Sen. Ep. 82, 19.

In the wild

veternosissimi Seneca, Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 10.82.19.p2
veternosis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 20.4.p3
veternosus Sidonius Apollinaris, Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 8.16.p4
veternosis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 28.17.p1
veternosis Sidonius Apollinaris, Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 9.XVI.p2
veternosum Tertullian, De Anima 36

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