vetulus
κινδυνεύει μὲν γὰρ ἡμῶν οὐδέτερος οὐδὲν καλὸν κἀγαθὸν εἰδέναι, ἀλλ᾽ οὗτος μὲν οἴεταί τι εἰδέναι οὐκ εἰδώς, ἐγὼ δέ, ὥσπερ οὖν οὐκ οἶδα, οὐδὲ οἴομαι· ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι. → for neither of us appears to know anything great and good; but he fancies he knows something, although he knows nothing; whereas I, as I do not know anything, so I do not fancy I do. In this trifling particular, then, I appear to be wiser than he, because I do not fancy I know what I do not know.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
vĕtŭlus: a, um,
I adj. dim. vetus, little old, old (class.)
I Adj.: vetulus, decrepitus senex, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 43: gladiator, Cic. Quint. 7, 29: filia, id. Att. 13, 29, 1: equi, id. Lael. 19, 67: arbor (opp. novella), id. Fin. 5, 14, 39: Falernum, Cat. 27, 1: cornix, Hor. C. 4, 13, 25; cf. cadi, Mart. 13, 112, 2 et saep.—
II Substt.
A vĕtŭlus, i, m., a little old man, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 4.— Jocularly: mi vetule, my little old fellow, Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 1.—
B vĕtŭla, ae, f., a little old woman, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 118; Juv. 6, 241; Mart. 8, 79, 1.
