inveteratus (grown old, and therefore not easy to change): confirmatus (having gained strength, and therefore power of resistance, etc.): penitus defixus (fixed deeply; e.g., a fault): penitus insitus (deeply implanted; e.g., an opinion): vetus (old). (The words are found in this connection and order.) vetus atque diuturnus. To become inveterate, inveterascere (Cic.); inveterare (e.g., malum, Cels.). An evil that has become inveterate, inveteratio (Cic., Tusc., 4, 37).