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Ἓν οἶδα, ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα → I know only one thing, that I know nothing | all I know is that I know nothing.

Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Philosophers, Book 2 sec. 32.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

vĕtĕrātōrĭus: a, um, adj. veterator, II. A.,
I crafty. cunning, sly (Ciceronian): nihil ab isto tectum, nihil veteratorium exspectaveritis: omnia aperta, omnia perspicua reperientur, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 141; so, ratio dicendi, id. Brut. 75, 261.—* Adv.: vĕtĕrātōrĭē, craftily, cunningly, slyly: dicere (with acute), Cic. Or. 28, 99.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

vĕtĕrātōrĭus,¹⁶ a, um (veterator), de vieux routier : Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41 || qui sent le métier : Cic. Br. 261.

Latin > German (Georges)

veterātōrius, a, um (veterator), a) bewandert, routiniert, ratio dicendi, Cic. Brut. 261: sed eam (accurationem) ut citius veteratoriam quam oratoriam diceres, ibid. 238. – b) im üblen Sinne, durchtrieben, verschmitzt, nihil ab isto vafrum, nihil veteratorium exspectaveritis, Cic. II. Verr. 1, 141.

Latin > English

veteratorius veteratoria, veteratorium ADJ :: adoit, wily, cunning, crafty; (acquired); bearing mark of practice/experience