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Meaning of vetustas | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
[wɛˈtʊs.taːs]

Definitions

  1. old age
    declension-3
  2. long existence or duration
    declension-3
  3. antiquity
    declension-3

Equivalents

English Antiquity old age

Examples

“praestitibus Maiae Laribus vīdēre Kalendae āram cōnstituī parvaque signa deum. vōverat illa quidem Curius: sed multa vetustās dēstruit, et saxō longa senecta nocet The Calends of May beheld an altar erected to the Guardian Lares, and little statues of the gods. Indeed, Curius had dedicated them; but a long existence destroys many [things], and prolonged age is damaging to stone. (See Manius Curius Dentatus.)”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

vetustate vetustatem vetustates vetustati vetustatibus vetustatis

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