뜻

1. 노년, 만년
2. 무기력, 무감각 상태, 마비 상태

1. old age
2. lethargy, somnolence

예문

• erat in eadem epistula 'veternus civitatis. (M. Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares, LIBER SECVNDVS: AD C. CVRIONEM ET CETEROS, letter 13 4:1)

  (마르쿠스 툴리우스 키케로, 친구들에게 보낸 편지들, , 4:1)

• Nisi ego cum tabernariis et aquariis pugnarem, veternus civitatem occupasset. (M. Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares, LIBER OCTAVVS: M. CAELI EPISTVLAE AD M. TVLLIVM CICERONEM, letter 6 5:2)

  (마르쿠스 툴리우스 키케로, 친구들에게 보낸 편지들, , 5:2)

• num eum veternus aut aqua intercus tenet? (T. Maccius Plautus, Menaechmi, act 5, scene 4 4:5)

  (티투스 마키우스 플라우투스, , , 4:5)

• desuetudo omnibus pigritiam, pigritia ueternum parit. (Apuleius, Florida 17:9)

  (아풀레이우스, 플로리다 17:9)

• Circa praesepium capita demersi contruncabant moles palearum, cervices cariosa vulnerum putredine follicantes, nares languidas assiduo pulsu tussedinis hiulei, pectora copulae sparteae tritura continua exulcerati, costas perpetua castigatione ossium tenus renudati, ungulas multivia circumcursione in enorme vestigium porrecti totumque corium veterno atque scabiosa macie exasperati. (Apuleius, Metamorphoses, book 9 13:3)

  (아풀레이우스, 변신, 9권 13:3)

유의어 사전

1. Antiquum and priscum denote the age that formerly existed, and is now no more, in opp. to novum, like παλαιός; vetus and vetustum (from ἔτος), what has existed for a long time, and has no longer any share in the disadvantages or advantages of youth, in opp. to recens, like γέρων, γεραιόσ, γερούσιος. Hence antiquus homo is a man who existed in ancient times; vetus, an old man. Antiqui scriptores means the classics, inasmuch as the age in which they flourished has long been past; veteres, inasmuch as they have lived and influenced manhood for 2000 years. Cic. Verr. i. 21. Vereor ne hæc nimis antiqua et jam obsoleta videantur: compare with Orat. i. 37. Ut illi vetus atque usitata exceptio daretur. 2. Vetus refers only to length of time, and denotes age, sometimes as a subject of praise, sometimes as a reproach; vetustus refers to the superiority of age, inasmuch as that which is of long standing is at the same time stronger, more worthy of honor, more approved of, than that which is new, in opp. to novicius; lastly, veternus refers to the disadvantages of age, inasmuch as, after many years’ use, a thing becomes worn out, or, through long existence, weak and spiritless. Moreover, veternus, in the writers of the golden age, is only admitted as a substantive, veternum, as lethargy; vetus regularly supplies its place, and denotes more frequently the weakness than the strength of age. Tac. Ann. xi. 14 and 15. Veterrimis Græcorum, and vetustissima Italiæ disciplina. 3. Antiquus denotes age only in relation to time, as a former age in opp. to the present; priscus (from πάρος), as a solemn word, with the qualifying accessory notion of a former age worthy of honor, and a sacred primitive age, like ἀρχαῖος, in opp. to the fashion of the day. 4. Antiquus and priscus denote a time long past; pristinus, generally, denotes only a time that is past, like πρότερος. (iv. 83.)

출처: Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Ludwig von Doederlein