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VEX 
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arma sequi. -IT Vetavi, for vetui. 
Pers. Vetavit. — Votitus, a, uni, (per¬ 
haps) for vetitus, a, urn. Plaut. - 
IT Pee, also, Vetitus, a, um. 
VETTO, ) 
VETTONES, > See Vecto. 
VETTONICUS. ) 
VETTONICA, ®, f. See Be tunica, and 
Vecto. 
VETuLoNIeNSeS, Turn, m. the inhabitants 
of Vetulonia in Etruria. Plin. 
VETOLOS (dimin. from vetus), a, um, 
adj. somewhat old, rather old, pretty old, 
oldish, or generally, old, aged. Catull. 
Minister vetuli puer Falerni. Cic. 
Equis vetulis teneros anteponere sole- 
mus. Id. arbor. Id. filia. — Hence, 
subst. Vetulus, an. old man. Plaut. Con- 
spicor vetulos duo. And jocosely. Cic. 
Tu tamen, mi vetule, non sero, my old 
fellow, my dear old man. So in the fem. 
Yetula, an old woman > sometimes scorn¬ 
fully, a sorry old woman. Plaut. and 
Juvenal. 
VETCS (trof), eris, adj. (Comp. Veterior, 
superl. Veterrimus) properly, that has 
long been, opposed to rccens (that has 
not“ till lately begun to be). - 
IT Hence, old, h. e. not young. Plin. 
gallin®. Terent. homo. Liv. Veteres 
(senatores). Tibull. Veteres senes (ple- 
onastically). So, Horat. senectus. 
Vtrg. Veterrima laurus.-IT Or, also, 
old,° h. e. not new, of long standing. 
Cies. navis. Cic. necessitudines. Liv. 
• milites, old soldiers, h. e. who have been 
long in service. So, also, Id. exercitus. 
/<Z.°centuriones. Further, Sallust, con- 
suetudo. Plin. tussis. Plaut. Veter¬ 
rimus amicus. Also, with a genit.; as, 
Tacit. Veteres militise, old in, practised, 
experienced. Id. Vetus operis ac laboris, 
practised, old in, accustomed, habituated. 
Id. regnandi. Also, with the injin. ; 
as, Sil. bellare, It. e. in bellando. 
Hence, Veteres, sc. tabern®, the old 
booths or shops, a place in the forum Ro- 
marium. Liv. -IT Also, old, former, 
of former days, not new. Liv. exercitus. 
Id. delictum. Cic. Poet® veterrimi. 
Virg. In veterem revoluta figuram ,old, 
former. Liv. Tribuni veteres, the old. 
tribunes, h. e. those who have been so till 
now, and should now retire. Cic. Me- 
moria rerum veterum. Plaut. Vetera 
vaticinamini, old things, things known 
long ago. Cic. Viri veteres et prisci, 
the°nen of olden time. Tacit, often uses 
veteres in the sense of the forefathers, 
ancestors, in the days of the republic ; as, 
also, Vetus attas, of the good old times be¬ 
fore the battle of helium. Also, Ovid. 
Lacte mero veteres usl memorantur, the 
ancients, the men of old. Cic. Homo ve- 
tere ilia ac singulari innocentia pr®di- 
tus, li. e. old, good old, practised by our 
ancestors, formerly common. Also, with 
antiquus ; as, Plaut. Xeterem atqne an¬ 
tiquum quffistum meum servo. Pronto. 
Antiqui veteres. - IT The compar. 
Veterior is quoted by Prise, from Cato. 
_IT Veter is found. Emi. ap. Prise. 
and Acc. ibid. From this form come the 
oblique cases veteris, veleri, &.C., and 
the degrees of comparison, veterior, ve¬ 
terrimus. - V Vetus, that has long 
been, that is no longer young or new, 
opposed to recens •• Vetustus , that goes 
back beyond the remembrance of those 
now living : Antiquus, that was once, 
that existed tn former time, opposed to 
novus: hence, with the accessory idea 
of ancient: Prisms, that goes farther 
back than the latest past, and is opposed 
to the fashion of the day ; nearly allied 
with vetustus, and accordingly often 
joined with it by Cic.: Prislinus, that 
has lately past, and lias fallen upon onr 
own time. 
VETuSCdLOS (dimin. from vetus), a, 
3 um, adj. somewhat old. Sidon. and 
Fronton. 
VETOSTaS (vetus), alls, f. antiquity, an¬ 
cientness, length of time, oldness, . age, 
■ dpxmdm, naXaiorpt. Cic. Municipi- 
um vetuslate antiquissimum. Liv. In 
tanta vetustale non rerutn modo, sed 
etiam auctorum. Cic. Vetustate pos¬ 
session^ se, non jure defendunt. Ovid. 
Tarda vetustas, h. e. senectus. Ovid. 
Quod nee poterit ferrum, nec edax abo- 
lere vetustas. Cic. Non omne vinum 
vetustate coacescit. Id. time mihi vi- 
dentur habitura etiam vetustatem, li. c. 
diu esse duratura. Colum. Vinum vetus¬ 
tatem patitur, h. e. diu durat. Id. Poina 
in vetustatem reponere,/(i»" future times. 
— Hence, posterity, future times. Cic. 
Obmutescet vetustas. - IT Also, an¬ 
tiquity, h. e. the former, old, ancient 
times. Cic. Historia nuntia vetusta- 
tis. Cats. Contra vetustatis exempla. 
Hence, antiquity, for the men of old times, 
the ancients. Sil. Si credidit alta vetus¬ 
tas. -IT Also, old friendship, old ac¬ 
quaintance, friendship. Cic. Hos mihi 
maxirne esse conjunctos vetustate. —— 
IT Also, cunning, craftiness, croft. Cic. 
lngenio, vetustate, artificio vicisti.- 
IT Also, an old, unsightly, bad form of a 
thing, unsightliness. Plin. ulcerum. 
VETuSTe (vetustus), adv. after the man¬ 
ner of the ancients, after the old way. 
Ascon. -IT Also, for a long time, this 
long while. Plin. Vetustissime in usu est, 
it has been very long in use. 
VETOSTeSCB (Id.), is, n. 3. to become 
2 old, iraXaidopai. Colum. Vina celerius 
vetustescunt. —We find, also, vetus- 
tisco. Nigid. ap. J\Ton. 
VETuSTDS (vetus), a, um, adj. old, h. e. 
not new, of long standing, ancient, ap- 
XaTo j, jraXaibs. Plaut. vinum. Horat. 
Vetustis lignis focum exstruere, with 
dry sticks. Id. oppidiun. Colvin. Tix 
quanto facta est vetustior, eo melior in 
usu est. Virg. Vetusta gens Priami. 
Juvenal. Vetusta scabies, inveterate. 
Cic. Cum Demetrio mihi vetustum hos- 
pitium est. Lie. Vetustiores scriptures. 
Quintil. Vetustissimi auctores. Liv. 
Vetustissima disciplina. Sudan. In- 
strumentum Imperii vetustissimum, _ 
h e. in quo continebantur vetustissima 
qu®que Imperii acta pane ab exordio 
Urbis. -IT Also, old, h. e. not young. 
Tacit. Venorunt legati, qui vetustissi¬ 
mum liberorum ejus accirent, the oldest. 
Liv. Qui vetustissimus ex eis, qui vive- 
rent, censoriis esset.-IT Also, old, in 
the old way, antique. Cic. Liclius vetus¬ 
tior, et horridior quarn Scipio, more an¬ 
tiquated or old-fashioned (as an orator). 
VeXaBILIS (vexo), e, adj. troublesome, 
3 plarruy. Cal. Aurel. 
VkXaBILITER (vexabilis), adv. trouble- 
3 somely. Cal. Aurel. 
VeXaMEN (vexo), inis, n. a trouble, mo¬ 
ld lestation, concussion. Lucret. mundi. 
VeXaTiB (Id.), onis, f. perhaps a shaking 
or tossing, a moving smartly. Plin. Ste- 
rilitateni ob partus vexationem fieri, 
certum est. Petron. Porna minima vex- 
atione contacta.-IT Hence, fatigue, 
trouble, hardship, suffering, distress, dis¬ 
comfort. Colum. Vexationem via: non 
reformidare. Plin. Dentes sine vexa- 
tione extrahere. Id. Sine vexatione sto- 
rnachi. Liv. vulneris. Cic. Afflictatio 
est ®gritudo cum vexatione corporis. 
-IT Or, also, molestation, harassing, 
annoyance, ill-treatment, abuse. Cic. Ut 
virgines Vestales ex acerbissima vexa¬ 
tione eriperem. Id. Vexatio direptio- 
quesociorum. 
VeXaTIVOS (Id.), a, um, adj. plaguing, 
3 afflicting, troubling. Cal. Aurel. 
VeXaTBR (Id.), oris, m. one who harasses 
or molests; a liarasser , vexer. tmubler. 
persecutor, abuser, iirripeavrueds, Kanot- 
ri jf. Cic. in Jin. Tam crudelis mei, 
tain sceleratus reipublic® vexator. Id. 
Custosne urbis, an direptor et vexator 
esset Antonius. 
Vf.XaTRIX (vexator), Icis, f. a liarasser, 
3 vexer, molester, offlider. Lactant. 
VeXILLaRIuS (vexillum), a, um, adj. 
2 pertaining or belonging to a standard. 
-IT Hence, subst. Vexillarius, ii, m. 
a standard-bearer, ensign, oqpaoel>6po;. 
Liv. — Hence, a leader; for instance, 
of a band of robbers. A pul. -IT And, 
Vexillarii (sc. milites), a certain class of 
soldiers in the times of the emperors, who 
had their own standard, and were a part 
of the legion. Ernesti supposes them to 
have been the hastaii of an older peri¬ 
od. According to Lipsms, they were 
the veterans who had been released 
from their oath after twenty years’ ser¬ 
vice, but who remained under the vex¬ 
illum of their legion as a distinct corps 
until their complete discharge, being 
exempt from all labor, except that of 
repulsing the enemy. 
VeXILLaTIB (Id.), onis, f. a corps of 
troops under one banner, especially cav. 
airy, auxiliaries, &c. a wing of cavalry. 
Veget. and Sueton. 
VeXILLIFER (vexillum & fero), era, 
3 erum, adj. bearing the banner or stand¬ 
ard ; the standard-bearer. Prudent. 
VeXILLUM (perhaps from veho), i, n 
a military ensign, ensign, standard, ban¬ 
ner, oqpeiou. For instance, of the Tri- 
arii. Liv. Of the allies. Liv. On the 
commander’s ship. Tacit.. Also, in the 
planting of colonies, when the colonists 
marched under arms, vexillum occurs. 
Cic. Phil. 2, 40. And in raising troops. 
Cic. Phil. 5, 11. Further, Tacit. Vexil- 
la convellunt, pull up the standards. 
Flor. Servis ad vexillum vocatis, It. e. 
to enlist. Also, Submittere vexilla, to 
lower the standards; hence, figur. Stat. 
Submittere vexilla fortun® su«, h. e. to 
stoop from his majesty or greatness, carry 
himself condescendingly. -If Also, the 
body of men who are under a single banner 
orvexillum. Liv. and Tac .-—-IT Also,tAe 
banner, flag or unfurled cloth, which was 
displayed as a signal from the general’s 
tent for the soldiers to prepare for bat¬ 
tle. Cces. Vexillum proponere, to display 
this standard or signul. So, Ilirt. tollere, 
to raise it (on the commander’s ship). 
VeXS (unc.), as, avi, atom, a. 1. proba¬ 
bly, to shake, toss, drive to and fro, agi¬ 
tate. Lucret. Vis venti montes supre¬ 
mos silvifragis vexat fiabris. Sueton. In 
turba vexatus, pushed or jostled up and 
down. Ovid. Venti vexant mibila. 
Virg. Dulichias vexasse rates. Vellei. 
Classis vexata est tempestate. (But 
these examples may come under the 
next signif.)- IT Also, to treat ill, 
maltreat, abuse, plague, harass, distress, 
worry, annoy, molest, trouble, incommode, 
afflict, beat out, weary out, injure, hurt, 
damage. Cies. Supplicia Gallorum veri- 
ti, quorum agros vexaverant. Id. Cffi- 
sar ad vexandos hostes profectus. Cic. 
Siciliam iste per triennium ita vexavit 
ac perdidit, ut, &c. Nepns. Cum Ful- 
via litibus distineretur, magnisque ter- 
roribus vexaretur, was distressed or tor¬ 
mented. Cic. Vexare aliquem probris 
omnibus et maledictis. Id. omnia divi- 
na et humana. Id. fana, to abuse, plun¬ 
der Liv. Vexari difficultate vi®. Mar¬ 
tial. A te vexatas malo tenererosas, h. e. 
squeezed, crushed, half-withered. Ovid. 
Com® vexat®, abused, tortured, says a 
lover, for curled, frizzled. Juvenal. Ma¬ 
nus vellere vexat®, h. e. attrit®. Cic. 
Vexatur Theophrastus libris philoso- 
phorum, quod, &c. li. e. incusatur, re- 
prehenditur. Juvenal. Philtris mentem 
vexare mariti, h. e. deprive of reason. 
Sallust. Civitatis mores luxuria atque 
avaritia vexabant. Hence, Vexata (se. 
membra), injured parts of the body (a 
bruise, a fracture by some bad humor, 
&c. but not by a wound), a hurt or in¬ 
jury in any part. Cels. So, Plin. Vex- 
ati oculi. 
uFeNS, tis, m. a river in Latium. Virg 
— Hence, Ufentlnus, a, urn, adj. of or 
pertaining to the same. Liv. tribus, ffl 
Roman tribe. - IT Also, the name of a 
man. Virg. 
VIX (unc.), ®, f. a way, road, highway, 
highroad I, main rood, bS6i. Cic. Via 
militaris, a road where an army can 
march, military road, main road. Id. Au¬ 
relia via profectus est, by the Aurelian 
way. Id. Iter conficere pulverulenta via. 
Tacit. Per angusta et lubrica viarum 
flexerant.. Cic. In viam se dare, to 
take the road, set out on a journey. Id- 
Vi® se committere, to lake or venture on 
the road, venture the journey (by land). 
Id. Declinare de via ad dexteram, to turn 
out of the way to the right. Cats. Ex via 
excedere. Sueton. Cots. 31. Decedere 
via, to get out of the road, lose his road. 
But also, Id. Tib. 31. Decedere via, to 
give one the way, make room for one, as a 
mark of respect. So, Plaut. De via. 
And, figur. Cic. De via decedere, to 
deviate from the right path (of virtue). 
Id. Dare alicui viam per fundum aheu- 
jus, to give or procure him. passage- 
