in-vĕtĕrasco, rāvi, 3, v. n. inch. (in the form inveteresco, Inscr. ap. Att. dell’ Acad. Rom. Archeol. 2, p. 46, n. 17), to grow old, to become fixed or established, to continue long (class.).
I Lit.: quibus quisque in locis miles inveteravit, Caes. B. C. 1, 44: equites, qui inveteraverant Alexandriae bellis, id. ib. 3, 10: populi R. exercitum hiemare atque inveterascere in Gallia moleste ferebant, to settle, establish themselves, id. B. G. 2, 1: aes alienum inveterascit, Nep. Att. 2: res nostrae litterarum monumentis inveterascent et corroborabuntur, Cic. Cat. 3, 11, 26.—In perf. , Plin. 12, 12, 26, § 44.—Of wine, to ripen , age , Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 44.—
II Transf., to become fixed , inveterate : ut hanc inveterascere consuetudinem nolint, Caes. B. G. 5, 40: quae (macula) penitus insedit atque inveteravit in populi Romani nomine, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 3, 7: inveteravit opinio perniciosa rei publicae, id. Verr. 41, 1: verbi significatio falsa, became fixed in use , Gell. 1, 22, 1: ulcus alendo, Lucr. 4, 1068: si malum inveteravit, Cels. 3, 13: intellego, in nostra civitate inveterasse, ut, etc., it has grown into use , become a custom , Cic. Off. 2, 16, 57; cf.: si inveterarit, actum est, id. Fam. 14, 3, 3.—
B To grow old , decay , grow weak or feeble , become obsolete (post-Aug.): inveterascet hoc quoque, Tac. A. 11, 24: inter amicos, Vulg. Psa. 6, 18: ossa mea, id. ib. 31, 3: vestimenta, id. 2 Esdr. 9, 21.