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|lshtext=<b>vēlum</b>: i, n. [[root]] var, to [[cover]]; cf. [[vellus]], and v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 459,<br /><b>I</b> a [[cloth]], [[covering]], [[awning]], curtain, [[veil]]: tabernacula carbaseis intenta velis, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30: velis amictos non togis, id. Cat. 2, 10, 22: [[eadem]] (i. e. [[uxor]]) si [[quando]] [[recito]], in [[proximo]], discreta [[velo]], sedet, Plin. Ep. 4, 19, 3.—So of [[chamber]]-curtains, [[hangings]], Suet. Claud. 10; Juv. 6, 228; 9, 105: adlevare, Sen. Ep. 80, 1.—Of the awnings stretched [[over]] the [[theatre]] or [[other]] [[public]] places as a [[protection]] from the [[sun]], Lucr. 4, 75; Prop. 4 (5), 1, 15; Ov. A. A. 1, 103; Inscr. Orell. 2219; Val. Max. 2, 4, 6; cf. Plin. 19, 1, 6, § 23: multis simulationum involucris tegitur et [[quasi]] velis quibusdam obtenditur unius cujusque [[natura]], Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5, § 15.—<br /><b>II</b> Esp., a [[sail]] (in [[good]] [[prose]] [[usually]] in plur.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Plur.: scindere [[vela]], Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 18: ad id, [[unde]] [[aliquis]] [[flatus]] ostenditur, [[vela]] do, Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 187: [[dare]], id. Or. 23, 75; Liv. 31, 45, 11; Quint. 10, 3, 7; Hor. C. 1, 34, 4: facere, Cic. Tusc. 4, 4, 9; Verg. A. 5, 281; cf. fieri, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88: pandere, Quint. 6, 1, 52: solvere, Verg. A. 4, 574: deducere, Ov. M. 3, 663: dirigere ad [[castra]] Corneliana, Caes. B. C. 2, 25: quo [[utinam]] velis passis pervehi liceat! Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 119: contrahere, id. Att. 1, 16, 2; Quint. 12, praef. § 4; Hor. C. 2, 10, 24: subducere, Auct. B. Alex. 45, 3: legere, Verg. G. 1, 373: tendunt [[vela]] Noti, id. A. 3, 268: ventis inplere, id. ib. 7, 23: classem velis aptare, id. ib. 3, 472.— Poet., of wings: pennarum, Lucr. 6, 744. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sing.: [[navale]] [[velum]], Macr. S. 5, 21, 5: in pontum [[vento]] [[secundo]], [[velo]] passo pervenit, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 45; id. Mil. 4, 8, 7; id. Ep. 1, 1, 47; Verg. A. 1, 103; 1, 400; Ov. H. 13, 101: pleno concita [[velo]] [[puppis]], id. M. 7, 491; 11, 483 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Prov.: remis velisque, [[with]] oars and sails, i. e. [[with]] [[tooth]] and [[nail]], [[with]] [[might]] and [[main]]: res velis, ut ita dicam, remisque fugienda, Cic. Tusc. 3, 11, 25; cf.: remigio veloque [[quantum]] [[potis]] es festina et fuge, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 5 (cf. the [[similar]] [[phrase]], remis ventisque, sub [[remus]]); cf.: non agimur tumidis velis, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 201: plenissimis velis navigare, Cic. Dom. 10, 24.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.: [[utrum]] panderem [[vela]] orationis [[statim]], an, etc., Cic. Tusc. 4, 5, 9: [[dare]] [[vela]] Famae, Mart. 8, 70, 6: voti contrahe [[vela]] tui, Ov. P. 1, 8, 72: velis majoribus, [[with]] [[more]] [[zeal]], id. A. A. 2, 725; id. F. 2, 3: in quo tu ingenii [[simul]] dolorisque velis latissime [[vectus]] es, Plin. Ep. 4, 20, 2: dedimus [[vela]] indignationi, dedimus irae, id. ib. 6, 33, 10: pande [[vela]], ac, si [[quando]] [[alias]], toto ingenio vehere, id. ib. 8, 4, 5.
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|gf=(1) <b>vēlum</b>,⁸ ī, n. (p. *vexlum, cf. [[vexillum]] ; [[veho]]),<br /><b>1</b> voile de navire ; surt. au pl. : [[vela]] dare Cic. Or. 75 ; facere Cic. Tusc. 4, 9, mettre à la voile ; [[vela]] fieri imperavit Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 88, il commanda qu’on mît à la voile : [[vela]] dirigere Cæs. *C. 2, 25, diriger sa course &#124;&#124; [fig.] [[vela]] orationis pandere Cic. Tusc. 4, 9, déployer les voiles d’une dissertation, entrer à pleines voiles dans un exposé ; [[vela]] contrahere Cic. Att. 1, 16, 2, caler, plier les voiles, s’arrêter ; [[vela]] dare ad... Cic. de Or. 2, 187, faire voile sur un point, se diriger vers ; remigio veloque fugere Pl. As. 157, fuir à la rame et à la voile = à toutes jambes &#124;&#124; sing., Pl. Mil. 1317, etc. ; Virg. En. 1, 103 ; 1, 400 ; Ov. M. 7, 491, etc.<br /><b>2</b> [poét.] = navire : Ov. M. 7, 664 ; 9, 594.<br />(2) <b>vēlum</b>, ī, n. (*veslum, cf. [[vestis]]), voile, toile, tenture, rideau : Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 30 ; velis amicti, [[non]] togis Cic. Cat. 2, 22, vêtus de voiles, [[non]] de toges &#124;&#124; voile tendu au-dessus d’un théâtre [contre le soleil] : Lucr. 4, 75 ; Prop. 4, 1, 15 ; Ov. Ars 1, 103 ; Val. Max. 2, 4, 6 &#124;&#124; voile pour cacher à la vue : Plin. Min. Ep. 4, 19, 3 ; [fig.] Cic. Q. 1, 1, 15.
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