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veteranus

From LSJ

Τὸ νικᾶν αὐτὸν αὑτὸν πασῶν νικῶν πρώτη τε καὶ ἀρίστη. Τὸ δὲ ἡττᾶσθαι αὐτὸν ὑφ' ἑαυτοῦ πάντων αἴσχιστόν τε ἅμα καὶ κάκιστον. → Τo conquer yourself is the first and best victory of all, while to be conquered by yourself is of all the most shameful as well as evil

Plato, Laws, 626e

Latin > English

veteranus veterana, veteranum ADJ :: old, veteran

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

vĕtĕrānus: a, um, adj. id.,
I old, veteran (in technical lang.): boves, Varr. R. R. 1, 20, 2: pecus, Col. 6, 2, 9: gallinae, id. 8, 5, 6: vitis, id. 3, 15, 3: mancipia, Dig. 39, 4, 16: hostis, Liv. 21, 6, 5: miles veteranus, or simply veteranus, an old tried soldier, a veteran soldier, a veteran: milites, Cic. Phil. 3, 2, 3: veterani, Caes. B. C. 3, 24; Cic. Phil. 11, 14, 37; Liv. 37, 20, 2; 40, 39, 4; Sen. Ben. 3, 33, 1; 5, 24, 1; cf.: legiones veteranae, i. e. composed of veterans, Caes. B. G. 1, 24.—
II Trop., experienced, skilled: veteranis manibus libros evolvite, Vop. Aur. 39.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

vĕtĕrānus,⁹ a, um (vetus), vieux, ancien : veterani milites Cic. Phil. 3, 3, ou veterani seul Cic. Phil. 11, 37, vétérans ; legiones veteranæ Cæs. G. 1, 24, légions de vétérans.

Latin > German (Georges)

veterānus, a, um (vetus), alt, von vielen Jahren, bos, Varro: vites, Colum.: hostis, Liv.: meretrix, Fulgent. – bes. v. Soldaten, ein alter, erprobter Soldat, der Veteran (Ggstz. tiro), Sen. de prov. 4, 7: Plur. milites veterani u. subst. bl. veterani, alte, erprobte, gediente Soldaten (Ggstz. tirones), Cic. u.a.: später nur für ausgediente Soldaten, Tac. ann. 14, 31: legio veterana, aus alten, gedienten Soldaten bestehend, Caes.: so auch exercitus, Liv.: dux, Liv. – übtr., veteranus consilio, Ambros. in psalm. 118. serm. 2. no. 19.

Latin > Chinese

veteranus, a, um. adj. :: 老。舊名。老手。Veterani. plur. 滿隊伍時之兵。銳兵。

Translations

Arabic: مُحَارِب قَدِيم‎; Armenian: վետերան; Azerbaijani: veteran, qazi; Belarusian: ветэран, вэтэран; Bulgarian: ветеран; Catalan: veterà; Chinese Mandarin: 經驗豐富的人, 经验丰富的人, 老兵, 老将, 老將, 老手, 退伍军人, 退伍軍人; Czech: veterán; Danish: veteran; Dutch: veteraan, oud-strijder; Finnish: sotaveteraani, veteraani, konkari; French: vétéran; ancien combattant, ancien soldat; Galician: veterano; Georgian: ვეტერანი; German: Veteran, Kriegsveteran; Hebrew: וָתִיק‎; Hungarian: obsitos; Ancient Greek: ἀπόμαχος, ἀφῆλιξ, ἐκστρατευσάμενος, ἀπολύσιμος, οὐετερανός, οὐετρανός; Greek: βετεράνος, παλαίμαχος; Irish: ársa; Italian: veterano, reduce; Japanese: ベテラン, 退役軍人, 老兵; Korean: 베테랑, 퇴역 군인, 노병, 로병; Latin: veteranus, emeritus; Macedonian: ветеран; Maori: pāraeroa, ika a Whiro; Maranao: minangolod; Navajo: siláołtsooí nilį́į́ ńtʼę́ʼę́ę, naazbaaʼí, siláołtsooídę́ę́ʼ nádzá; Persian: کهنه‌سرباز‎, کهنه‌کار‎, کارکشته‎; Polish: weteran, weteranka; Portuguese: veterano; Russian: ветеран; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: ветѐра̄н; Roman: vetèrān; Slovak: veterán; Slovene: veteran; Spanish: veterano; Swedish: veteran; Ukrainian: ветеран; Vietnamese: cựu binh, lính cũ; Yakut: бэтэрээн

ar: محارب قديم; az: veteran; be_x_old: вэтэран; be: ветэран; bg: ветеран; ca: veterà; cs: veterán; da: veteran; de: Veteran; en: veteran; eo: veterano; es: veterano; et: veteran; fa: کهنه‌سرباز; fi: sotaveteraani; fr: ancien combattant; fy: feteraan; hr: veteran; id: veteran; io: veterano; it: veterano di guerra; ja: 退役軍人; jv: vèteran; kk: ардагер; kn: ಪರಿಣತ; ko: 퇴역 군인; ky: ардагер; lv: veterāns; nl: veteraan; no: veteran; pl: weteran; pt: veterano; ro: veteran de război; ru: ветеран; sh: veteran; simple: veteran; sl: veteran; sq: veterani; sv: krigsveteran; tg: ветеран; tl: beterano; uk: ветеран; ur: آزمودہ کار; uz: veteran; vi: cựu chiến binh; zh: 退伍軍人