English → Latin
“inveterate” in Latin
inveterōto age (make old, grow old)cōnfirmōto make firm, establish, re-establish, strengthen, fortify, mature, confirm; to encourage, animate, embolden; persuade; vetusold, aged, elderly, ancient; long-standing; former, previousinveterāscōto grow old; to become inveteratemalusunpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad; unpleasant to the senses, sight, smell, taste, touch; bad, evil, wicked, minvĕtĕrātĭoinveterateness
The English word inveterate itself goes back to Latin vetus, through inveterātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
inveterate
inveteratus (grown old, and therefore not easy to change): confirmatus (having gained strength, and therefore power of resistance, etc.): penitus defixus (fixed deeply; e.g., a fault): penitus insitus (deeply implanted; e.g., an opinion): vetus (old). (The words are found in this connection and order.) vetus atque diuturnus. To become inveterate, inveterascere (Cic.); inveterare (e.g., malum, Cels.). An evil that has become inveterate, inveteratio (Cic., Tusc., 4, 37).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for inveterate?
- The usual Latin words for “inveterate” are inveterō, cōnfirmō, vetus; also inveterāscō, malus, invĕtĕrātĭo. 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.