2.5 old and new

vetus, old (still existing); comp. vetustior; noun vetustās; verb inveterāscere, grow old

antīquus, vetustus, old (no longer existing), ancient; antīquitus (adv.), in or from ancient times; noun antīquitās; ultima a., extreme antiquity

obsolēscere, grow old

prīscus, primitive, olden, old-fashioned

prīstinus, primitive, original

novus, new; quid novī what news? noun novitās

recēns, fresh, recent

novāre, renovāre, reficere, restituere, redintegrāre, īnstaurāre, make new, restore; nouns renovātiō, restitūtiō, īnstaurātiō

dē, ab or ex integrō, anew

from A Handbook of the Latin Language by Walter Ripman (1930). Transcribed by Carolus Raeticus (2011).

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