vetera

vetera is a Latin form of vetus, meaning “old, ancient”. It is the accusative plural neuter adjective.

Found 132 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Civili 3.66: … ersum est a speculatoribus Caesaris, cohortes quasdam, quod instar legionis videretur, esse post silvam et in vetera castra duci. Castrorum sic situs erat. Superioribus diebus nona Caesaris legio, cum se obiecisset Pompeianis …

Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum 102·2: … ctam; eam vastari a Mario pati nequiuisse. Praeterea missis antea Romam legatis repulsum ab amicitia. Ceterum uetera omittere ac tum, si per Marium liceret, legatos ad senatum missurum. Dein copia facta animus barbari ab amici …

Tacitus, Historiae 4.22: … cunctos qui aderant in verba Vespasiani adigit mittitque legatos ad duas legiones, quae priore acie pulsae in Vetera castra concesserant, ut idem sacramentum acciperent. redditur responsum: neque proditoris neque hostium se co …

All forms of vetus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.