inveterasco
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
in-vĕtĕrasco: rāvi, 3,
I 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.).
I 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.—
II 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.—
B 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
invĕtĕrāscō,¹² rāvī, ĕre (invetero), intr.,
1 devenir ancien, s’enraciner, s’invétérer, s’affermir par le temps : Cic. Cat. 3, 26 ; Nep. Att. 2, 5 || s’implanter, s’établir : Cæs. G. 2, 1, 3 ; 5, 41, 5 || mûrir, prendre de l’âge : Plin. 23, 44
2 [fig.] s’établir, se fixer : Cic. Pomp. 7 || se fixer dans [avec dat.] : Cic. Sulla 24 || [impers.] inveteravit Cic. Fam. 14, 3, 3, il est passé à l’état de coutume, c’est devenu une coutume ; inveteravit ut Cic. Off. 2, 57, c’est une coutume établie que
3 devenir vieux, s’affaiblir : Tac. Ann. 11, 24 ; Vulg. Psalm. 6, 8.
