noun · masculinethird declension
veterātor
veterātor m (genitive veterātōris)
Classical[wɛ.tɛˈraː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[ve.teˈraː.tor]
Meaning
- orator, one wedded to routine
- figurativelyold fox, slyboots, trickster, crafty fellow
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | veterātor | veterātōrēs |
| genitive | veterātōris | veterātōrum |
| dative | veterātōrī | veterātōribus |
| accusative | veterātōrem | veterātōrēs |
| ablative | veterātōre | veterātōribus |
| vocative | veterātor | veterātōrēs |
vĕtĕrātor, ōris, m. veteratus,
I. one who has grown old, become gray, is practised, skilled in any thing.
II. In partic.
A. In a bad sense, a crafty fellow, an old fox, sly-boots:
acutus, versutus, veterator, Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 53; id. Rep. 3, 16, 26: quid hic vult veterator sibi? Ter. And. 2, 6, 26; id. Heaut. 5, 1, 16; Cic. Off. 3, 13, 57; 3, 32, 113; Gannius ap. Fest. p. 369.—B. An old slave (opp. novitius), Dig. 21, 1, 65; 21, 1, 37.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
veterātor ōris, m
vetero, to make old, from vetus, one wedded to routine, a commonplace orator: veterator habitus: in causis privatis satis veterator.—A crafty fellow, old fox, sly-boots: quid hic volt veterator sibi? T.: callidus ac veterator esse volt.