Inveterate

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in-vĕtĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to render old, to give age or duration to a thing.

Lit.:

aquam,

Col. 12, 12:

allium, cepamque,

Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 115.— Pass., to become old, to acquire age or durability; to abide, endure (class. but rare):

non tam stabilis opinio permaneret,... nec una cum saeclis aetatibusque hominum inveterari posset,

Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 5 B. and K. (al. inveterascere):

ad ea, quae inveterari volunt, nitro utuntur,

Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 111:

vina,

id. 19, 4, 19, § 53.— Part. pass.: invĕtĕrātus, a, um.

Kept for a long time:

acetum,

Plin. 23, 2, 28, § 59:

vinum,

id. 15, 2, 3, § 7:

jecur felis, inveteratum sale,

preserved in, id. 28, 16, 66, § 229; so,

fel vino,

id. 32, 7, 25, § 77 et saep.—

Inveterate, old, of long standing, rooted:

amicitia,

Cic. Fam. 3, 9, 3:

dolor,

id. Tusc. 3, 16, 35:

malum,

id. Phil. 5, 11, 31:

conglutinatio,

id. de Sen. 20:

licentia,

Nep. Eum. 8; Suet. Ner. 16:

litterae atque doctrinae,

Aug. C. D. 22, 6 init.:

codex,

hardened by age, Col. 4, 8, 4. —

Of diseases, sores, etc., deep-seated, chronic, inveterate:

scabritiae oculorum,

Plin. 24, 12, 31, § 121:

ulcus,

id. 29, 4, 18, § 65.— Hence, subst.: invĕtĕrāta, ōrum, n., chronic diseases:

vehementius contra inveterata pugnandum,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 1, 8.—

Trop.

Mid.:

inveterari,

to keep, last, endure, Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 5; Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 53.— Esp., in law, part. pass.: inveteratus, established by prescription, customary:

mores sunt tacitus consensus populi, longa consuetudine inveteratus,

Ulp. Fragm. 1, 4.—

To cause to fail, bring to an end, abolish (eccl. Lat.):

notitiam veri Dei,

Lact. 2, 16 fin.

in-vĕtĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to render old, to give age or duration to a thing.

Lit.:

aquam,

Col. 12, 12:

allium, cepamque,

Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 115.— Pass., to become old, to acquire age or durability; to abide, endure (class. but rare):

non tam stabilis opinio permaneret,... nec una cum saeclis aetatibusque hominum inveterari posset,

Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 5 B. and K. (al. inveterascere):

ad ea, quae inveterari volunt, nitro utuntur,

Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 111:

vina,

id. 19, 4, 19, § 53.— Part. pass.: invĕtĕrātus, a, um.

Kept for a long time:

acetum,

Plin. 23, 2, 28, § 59:

vinum,

id. 15, 2, 3, § 7:

jecur felis, inveteratum sale,

preserved in, id. 28, 16, 66, § 229; so,

fel vino,

id. 32, 7, 25, § 77 et saep.—

Inveterate, old, of long standing, rooted:

amicitia,

Cic. Fam. 3, 9, 3:

dolor,

id. Tusc. 3, 16, 35:

malum,

id. Phil. 5, 11, 31:

conglutinatio,

id. de Sen. 20:

licentia,

Nep. Eum. 8; Suet. Ner. 16:

litterae atque doctrinae,

Aug. C. D. 22, 6 init.:

codex,

hardened by age, Col. 4, 8, 4. —

Of diseases, sores, etc., deep-seated, chronic, inveterate:

scabritiae oculorum,

Plin. 24, 12, 31, § 121:

ulcus,

id. 29, 4, 18, § 65.— Hence, subst.: invĕtĕrāta, ōrum, n., chronic diseases:

vehementius contra inveterata pugnandum,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 1, 8.—

Trop.

Mid.:

inveterari,

to keep, last, endure, Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 5; Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 53.— Esp., in law, part. pass.: inveteratus, established by prescription, customary:

mores sunt tacitus consensus populi, longa consuetudine inveteratus,

Ulp. Fragm. 1, 4.—

To cause to fail, bring to an end, abolish (eccl. Lat.):

notitiam veri Dei,

Lact. 2, 16 fin.

in-vĕtĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to render old, to give age or duration to a thing.

Lit.:

aquam,

Col. 12, 12:

allium, cepamque,

Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 115.— Pass., to become old, to acquire age or durability; to abide, endure (class. but rare):

non tam stabilis opinio permaneret,... nec una cum saeclis aetatibusque hominum inveterari posset,

Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 5 B. and K. (al. inveterascere):

ad ea, quae inveterari volunt, nitro utuntur,

Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 111:

vina,

id. 19, 4, 19, § 53.— Part. pass.: invĕtĕrātus, a, um.

Kept for a long time:

acetum,

Plin. 23, 2, 28, § 59:

vinum,

id. 15, 2, 3, § 7:

jecur felis, inveteratum sale,

preserved in, id. 28, 16, 66, § 229; so,

fel vino,

id. 32, 7, 25, § 77 et saep.—

Inveterate, old, of long standing, rooted:

amicitia,

Cic. Fam. 3, 9, 3:

dolor,

id. Tusc. 3, 16, 35:

malum,

id. Phil. 5, 11, 31:

conglutinatio,

id. de Sen. 20:

licentia,

Nep. Eum. 8; Suet. Ner. 16:

litterae atque doctrinae,

Aug. C. D. 22, 6 init.:

codex,

hardened by age, Col. 4, 8, 4. —

Of diseases, sores, etc., deep-seated, chronic, inveterate:

scabritiae oculorum,

Plin. 24, 12, 31, § 121:

ulcus,

id. 29, 4, 18, § 65.— Hence, subst.: invĕtĕrāta, ōrum, n., chronic diseases:

vehementius contra inveterata pugnandum,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 1, 8.—

Trop.

Mid.:

inveterari,

to keep, last, endure, Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 5; Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 53.— Esp., in law, part. pass.: inveteratus, established by prescription, customary:

mores sunt tacitus consensus populi, longa consuetudine inveteratus,

Ulp. Fragm. 1, 4.—

To cause to fail, bring to an end, abolish (eccl. Lat.):

notitiam veri Dei,

Lact. 2, 16 fin.

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cŏ-ălesco, ălŭi, ălĭtum ( part. perf. only in Tac. and subseq. writers;

contr. form colescat,

Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 2:

colescere,

Lucr. 6, 1068:

coluerunt,

id. 2, 1061 Lachm. N. cr.), v. inch. n. (most freq. since the Aug. per.; never in Cic.).

To grow together with something, to unite.

Prop., Lucr. 2, 1061:

saxa vides solā colescere calce,

id. 6, 1068: ne prius exarescat surculus quam colescat, is united, sc. with the tree into which it is inserted, Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 2:

gramen,

Col. 2, 18, 5:

semen,

id. 3, 5, 2:

triticum,

id. 2, 6 fin.:

sarmentum,

id. 3, 18, 5 and 6; Dig. 41, 1, 9:

arbor cum terra mea coaluit,

ib. 39, 2, 9, § 2:

cilium vulnere aliquo diductum non coalescit,

Plin. 11, 37, 57, § 157; cf.

vulnus,

id. 9, 51, 76, § 166, and v. II. A. infra.—In part. perf.: cujus ex sanguine concretus homo et coalitus sit, is formed or composed, Gell. 12, 1, 11; App. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 171, 38.—

Trop., to unite, agree together, coalesce (so in the histt., esp. Liv. and Tac., very freq.); absol.:

Trojani et Aborigines facile coaluerunt,

Sall. C. 6, 2; id. J. 87, 3:

solidā fide,

Tac. H. 2, 7:

ut cum Patribus coalescerent animi plebis,

Liv. 2, 48, 1: animi coalescentium in dies magis duorum populorum, id, 1, 2, 5.—With in and acc.:

multitudo coalescere in populi unius corpus poterat,

Liv. 1, 8, 1:

in unum sonum,

Quint. 1, 7, 26:

in bellum atrox,

Tac. A. 3, 38:

in nomen nostrum,

id. ib. 11, 24:

in hunc consensum,

id. H. 2, 37; cf.:

coalesce-re ad obsequium,

id. A. 6, 44:

brevi tantā concordiā coaluerant omnium animi, ut, etc.,

Liv. 23, 35, 9; cf. id. 1, 11, 2; 26, 40, 18:

vixdum coalescens foventis regnum (the figure taken from the growing together of a wound),

id. 29, 31, 4; cf.:

bellis civilibus sepultis coalescentibusque reipublicae membris,

Vell. 2, 90, 1; 4, 8, 5:

(voces) e duobus quasi corporibus coalescunt, ut maleficus,

Quint. 1, 5, 65; id. 2, 9, 3 (v. the passage in connection):

quieti coaliti homines,

i. e. united in a peaceful manner, Amm. 14, 5, 7.—

To grow firmly, strike root, increase, become strong.

Prop.. forte in eo loco grandis ilex coaluerat inter saxa, had sprung up, Sall. J. 93, 4; * Suet. Aug. 92:

dum novus in viridi coalescit cortice ramus,

Ov. A. A. 2, 649.—

Trop., to grow firm, take root, be consolidated:

dum Galbae auctoritas fluxa, Pisonis nondum coaluisset,

Tac. H. 1, 21.—In part. perf.: [p. 357] coalitam libertate irreverentiam eo prorupisse, strengthened, Tac. A. 13, 26; so id. 14, 1:

libertas,

confirmed, id. H. 4, 55:

coalito more asper,

i. e. by inveterate habit, Amm. 14, 10, 4:

pravitas,

id. 15, 3, 8.

dūro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [durus], to make hard, to harden (mostly ante-class. and post-Aug.; not in Cic.).

Lit.

Act.:

quae nobis durata ac spissa videntur, Haec, etc.,

Lucr. 2, 444; so in the part. perf.:

coria (with condurare ferrum),

id. 6, 970; cf.

cutis,

Ov. M. 4, 577:

caementa calce (opp. interlita luto),

Liv. 21, 11:

ova in aqua,

Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 45:

pontus frigore,

Ov. P. 4, 9, 85:

nives solo,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 39:

aqua salibus,

i. e. strongly saturated, Col. 7, 4 fin., v. durus, I.:

ungulas (mularum),

id. 6, 37, 11:

ferrum ictibus,

Plin. 34, 15, 43, § 149:

guttas in grana,

id. 12, 19, 42, § 94:

uvam fumo,

i. e. to dry, preserve, Hor. S. 2, 4, 72.—In medic. lang.: corpus, i. e. to bind, make costive, opp. mollire, Cels. 2, 14; cf. id. 2, 33 fin. —In fullers' lang., to harden, stiffen or full cloth: Art. Non queo durare. Par. Si non didicisti fulloniam, non mirandumst, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 57 (with a punning reference to the meaning II. A. 2.).—

Neutr.:

tum durare solum et discludere Nerea ponto Coeperit, i. q. durescere,

Verg. E. 6, 35; so,

vino minime durante, uva maxime,

Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 37.—

Trop.

(Acc. to durus, II. A. 2.).

Act., to harden with use or labor, etc.; to make hardy or callous, to inure (class.):

opere in duro membra manusque,

Lucr. 5, 1359; cf.:

membra animumque,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 119:

umeros ad vulnera,

Verg. G. 3, 257: hoc se labore durant homines adolescentes, * Caes. B. G. 6, 28, 3; cf.:

exercitum crebris expeditionibus, patientiaque periculorum,

Vell. 2, 78, 2:

cor,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 6; cf.

mentem,

Tac. A. 3, 15 al.:

ab duratis usu armorum pulsi,

Liv. 7, 29; so in the part., id. 23, 18; 30, 28:

durati bellis,

id. 42, 52:

vitia durantur,

grow inveterate, Quint. 1, 1, 37.—

Neutr. (so most freq.), to be hardened, inured to troubles, i. e. to be patient, to wait, persevere; to endure, hold out:

durare nequeo in aedibus,

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 1; cf. id. Men. 5, 2, 31; Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 15; Liv. 5, 2, 7; 38, 7 fin.; Quint. 11, 3, 23; Verg. A. 9, 604; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 82 al.; cf. impers., Liv. 10, 46:

durate et vosmet rebus servate secundis,

Verg. A. 1, 207; cf. Suet. Calig. 45; Auct. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 91; Ov. Am. 3, 11, 27 al.:

nequeo durare, quin, etc.,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 22:

durare nequeo quin intro eam,

id. Mil. 4, 6, 34; Suet. Claud. 26.—

With acc., to bear, endure ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

patior quemvis durare laborem,

Verg. A. 8, 577:

quascumque vias,

Stat. S. 5, 2, 153;

and of inanimate subjects: sine funibus Vix durare carinae Possunt imperiosius Aequor,

Hor. C. 1, 14, 7; cf.:

(vitis genus) quod siccitatem durat et ventos,

Pall. Febr. 9, 1.—

With inf.:

non quis parumper durare opperier,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 3, 5.—

In gen., to hold out, to continue in existence, to last, remain (very freq.): Ar. Ubi illaec (talenta) quae dedi ante? Cl. Abusa. Num si ea durarent mihi, [p. 621] etc., Plaut. As. 1, 3, 44:

uti quam diutissime durent oleae,

Cato R. R. 58; 104; Varr. R. R. 1, 59, 3:

omnem durare per aevom,

Lucr. 3, 605; cf. id. 3, 812; Verg. G. 2, 100; Suet. Calig. 6 al.:

neque post mortem durare videtur (corpus),

Lucr. 3, 339; cf. ib. 561:

ad posteros virtus durabit,

Quint. 3, 1, 21; cf. id. 1, 11, 18; 3, 1, 9; 5, 11, 41:

maneat quaeso duretque gentibus, si non amor nostri, at certe odium sui,

Tac. G. 33:

durante originis vi,

id. Agr. 11; cf. Petr. 96, 3:

durante bello,

Tac. A. 14, 39; so with adhuc, Suet. Gramm. 24; cf.:

munera, quibus donatus est, durant, ostendunturque adhuc Bais,

are still in existence, id. Tib. 6 et saep.—With inf.:

ut vivere durent,

Luc. 4, 519; so Sil. 10, 653; 11, 75; Petr. 41, 2.—In Tacitus sometimes of persons, for vivere, to live:

narratum ab iis, qui nostram ad juventam duraverunt,

Tac. A. 3, 16; id. Or. 17; id. Agr. 44. And once in the same author (acc. to the better reading) of extension in space: durant colles (= continuantur, ultra porriguntur; French, s'y prolongent), extend continuously to the frontier, Germ. 30.—

(Acc. to durus, II. B.)

Act., to render hard, callous, insensible; to dull, to blunt (rare and perh. not ante-Aug.):

aerea dehinc ferro (Juppiter) duravit saecula,

Hor. Epod. 16, 65:

ad plagas durari,

Quint. 1, 3, 14 (cf. §

12: quae in pravam induruerunt): ad omne facinus durato,

Tac. H. 4, 59.—Of the affections, Vulg. Job, 39, 16.— Pass.:

linguae vitia, inemendabili in posterum pravitate durantur,

to become confirmed, incurable, Quint. 1, 1, 37.—

Neutr., to be hard, stern, callous, insensible (rare and not ante-Aug.):

ut non durat (pater) ultra poenam abdicationis,

Quint. 9, 2, 88:

in nullius umquam suorum necem duravit,

Tac. A. 1, 6; Petr. 105 fin.; cf.:

usque ad caedem ejus duratura filii odia,

Tac. A. 14, 1 fin.

in-vĕtĕrasco, rāvi, 3, v. n. inch. (in the form inveteresco, Inscr. ap. Att. dell' Acad. Rom. Archeol. 2, p. 46, n. 17), to grow old, to become fixed or established, to continue long (class.).

Lit.: quibus quisque in locis miles inveteravit, Caes. B. C. 1, 44:

equites, qui inveteraverant Alexah. driae bellis,

id. ib. 3, 10:

populi R. exercitum hiemare atque inveterascere in Gallia moleste ferebant,

to settle, establish themselves, id. B. G. 2, 1:

aes alienum inveterascit,

Nep. Att. 2:

res nostrae litterarum monumentis inveterascent et corroborabuntur,

Cic. Cat. 3, 11, 26.—In perf., Plin. 12, 12, 26, § 44.—Of wine, to ripen, age, Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 44.—

Transf., to become fixed, inveterate:

ut hanc inveterascere consuetudinem nolint,

Caes. B. G. 5, 40:

quae (macula) penitus insedit atque inveteravit in populi Romani nomine,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 3, 7:

inveteravit opinio perniciosa rei publicae,

id. Verr. 41, 1:

verbi significatio falsa,

became fixed in use, Gell. 1, 22, 1:

ulcus alendo,

Lucr. 4, 1068:

si malum inveteravit,

Cels. 3, 13:

intellego, in nostra civitate inveterasse, ut, etc.,

it has grown into use, become a custom, Cic. Off. 2, 16, 57; cf.:

si inveterarit, actum est,

id. Fam. 14, 3, 3.—

To grow old, decay, grow weak or feeble, become obsolete (post-Aug.):

inveterascet hoc quoque,

Tac. A. 11, 24:

inter amicos,

Vulg. Psa. 6, 18:

ossa mea,

id. ib. 31, 3:

vestimenta,

id. 2 Esdr. 9, 21.

vĕtustas, ātis, f. [id.], old age, age, long existence.

Lit.

In gen.:

municipium vetustate antiquissimum,

Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 15:

vetustate possessionis se, non jure defendunt,

id. Agr. 2, 21, 57:

tantum aevi longinqua valet mutare vetustas,

Verg. A. 3, 415: tum senior: quamvis obstet mihi tarda vetustas;

Multaque me fugiant, etc., = senectus,

Ov. M. 12, 182.— Plur.:

quae familiarnm vetustatibus aut pecuniis ponderantur,

Cic. Rep. 1, 31, 47.—

In partic., ancient times, antiquity:

historia nuntia vetustatis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 9, 36:

contra omnia vetustatis exempla,

Caes. B. C. 1, 6:

in tantā vetustate non rerum modo sed etiam auctorum,

Liv. 2, 21, 4:

vetustatem in majus componens,

exaggerating, Sall. H. 3, 60 Dietsch:

judicio vetustatis,

Quint. 1, 5, 72:

sic credidit alta vetustas,

Sil. 1, 26.—

Transf.

Long duration, great age:

quae mihi videntur habitura etiam vetustatem,

i.e. will have a long duration, Cic. Att. 14, 9, 2:

scripta vetustatem si modo nostra ferent,

Ov. Tr. 5, 9, 8: vinum in vetustatem servare, till it becomes old, acquires age, Cato, R. R. 114, 2:

terebinthi materies fidelis ad vetustatem,

Plin. 13, 6, 12, § 54; Quint. 10, 1, 40; Col. 3, 2, 19; Cels. 3, 14:

conjuncti vetustate, officiis, benevolentiā,

i. e. long intimacy, ancient friendship, Cic. Fam. 13, 32, 2; 10, 10, 2; 11, 16, 2; Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 5, 16.—

Hence, posterity, the remote future (conceived as a time when this age will have become ancient):

de me semper omnes gentes loquentur, nulla umquam obmutescet vetustas,

Cic. Mil. 35, 98:

si qua fidem tanto est operi latura vetustas,

Verg. A. 10, 792 Ladew. and Forbig. ad loc.; cf.:

quis hoc credat, nisi sit pro teste vetustas,

Ov. M. 1, 400.—

In medic. lang.:

ulcerum,

i. e. inveterate ulcers, Cels. 5, 26, 31; Plin. 21, 19, 74, § 127.