veglo

Latin

Alternative forms

• vegliō, veglōnus

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Italian veglio, from Old Occitan vielh, itself from Late Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus.

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈve.ɡlo/, [ˈvɛːɡlo]

Noun

veglō m (genitive veglōnis); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin) an old man [12th C.]

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	veglō	veglōnēs
genitive	veglōnis	veglōnum
dative	veglōnī	veglōnibus
accusative	veglōnem	veglōnēs
ablative	veglōne	veglōnibus
vocative	veglō	veglōnēs

Synonyms

• (old man): senex, seneciō (both Classical)

References

• VEGLONES in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “veglo”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 1,068/1