English → Latin
“aged” in Latin
grandisfull-grown, grown up; large, great, grand, lofty, big; powerfulvetusold, aged, elderly, ancient; long-standing; former, previousvetulusold; little old, poor oldsenexold man, older man (typically age 40 or older; older than a iuvenis); old person, older person; as feminine old woman, odēcrepitusOf old men or old animals, very oldaetāsthe period of a life: lifetime, lifespan; time of life, period or stage of life, age; an undefined, relatively long peri
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
aged
aetate provectior or grandior, aetate jam senior (in advanced age): aetate affectus (feeling the effects of old age, aged: all of men): vetus or vetulus (pretty old, of men and things): grandis: grandior (with or without natu): aetate gravis, pergrandis natu, exactae jam aetatis (very aged): senex (an old man: never feminine): decrepitus, aetate or senio confectus (old and weak). An aged man, senex, homo aetate grandior. Vid: OLD.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for aged?
- The usual Latin words for “aged” are grandis, vetus, vetulus; also senex, dēcrepitus, aetās. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.