LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

veterānus

veterānus (feminine veterāna, neuter veterānum)
Classical[wɛ.tɛˈraː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[ve.teˈraː.nus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveold, veteran

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeveterānusveterānaveterānum
genitiveveterānīveterānaeveterānī
dativeveterānōveterānaeveterānō
accusativeveterānumveterānamveterānum
ablativeveterānōveterānāveterānō
vocativeveterāneveterānaveterānum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeveterānīveterānaeveterāna
genitiveveterānōrumveterānārumveterānōrum
dativeveterānīsveterānīsveterānīs
accusativeveterānōsveterānāsveterāna
ablativeveterānīsveterānīsveterānīs
vocativeveterānīveterānaeveterāna

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

vetus miles, veteranus miles
veterans; experienced troops.

vĕtĕrānus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. old, veteran (in technical lang.): boves, Varr. R. R. 1, 20, 2: pecus, Col. 6, 2, 9: gallinae, id. 8, 5, 6: vitis, id. 3, 15, 3: mancipia, Dig. 39, 4, 16: hostis, Liv. 21, 6, 5: miles veteranus, or simply veteranus, an old tried soldier, a veteran soldier, a veteran: milites, Cic. Phil. 3, 2, 3: veterani, Caes. B. C. 3, 24; Cic. Phil. 11, 14, 37; Liv. 37, 20, 2; 40, 39, 4; Sen. Ben. 3, 33, 1; 5, 24, 1; cf.: legiones veteranae, i. e. composed of veterans, Caes. B. G. 1, 24.—
II. Trop., experienced, skilled: veteranis manibus libros evolvite, Vop. Aur. 39.

Origins

From the stem veter- of vetus (“old, aged”) + -ānus (adjective-forming suffix).

Elsewhere
  • Catalanveterà
  • GermanVeteran
  • Frenchvétéranfrom Middle French vétéran
  • Romanianveteranfrom Middle French vétéran
  • Englishveteranfrom Middle French vétéran
  • Portugueseveterano
  • Spanishveterano
  • Greekβετεράνοςfrom Ancient Greek οὐετερανός
  • Hatran Aramaic𐣠𐣥𐣨𐣣𐣭𐣠from Ancient Greek οὐετερανός
  • Palmyrene Aramaic𐡥𐡨𐡴𐡮𐡠from Ancient Greek οὐετερανός
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianvetrano
  • Italianveterano
  • Dalmatianvetrun
  • Sicilianvitranu
  • Sicilianvitiranu
  • Venetanvetrano
Balkano-Romance
  • Romanianbătrân
  • Aromanianbitãrnu
  • Aromanianbitrãn
  • Istro-Romanianbetăr
  • Megleno-Romanianbitǫrnă
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulianvedran
Ibero-Romance
  • Galicianvedraño

Quick answers

What does veterānus mean in Latin?
veterānus, a adjective, means “old, veteran”.
How do you pronounce veterānus?
In classical Latin, [wɛ.tɛˈraː.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ve.teˈraː.nus].