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|lshtext=<b>vĕl-ut</b>: or vĕl-ŭti, adv. (cf. vel, II.),<br /><b>I</b> [[even]] as, [[just]] as, [[like]] as.<br /><b>I</b> Correl., [[with]] a foll. sic or ita ([[very]] [[rare]]).<br /> <b>A</b> In gen.: [[velut]] in cantu et fidibus, sic ex corporis totius naturā et figurā varios [[motus]] ciere, Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 20 (al. vel ut): cum [[velut]] Sagunti [[excidium]] Hannibali, sic, etc., Liv. 31, 18, 9: [[velut]] per fistulam, ita per apertam [[vitis]] medullam [[umor]] trahitur, Col. 3, 18, 5.—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic., to [[introduce]] comparisons: veluti Consul, cum, etc. ... sic exspectabat [[populus]], etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 87 Vahl.): ac veluti magno in [[populo]] cum [[saepe]] coorta est Seditio ... Sic, etc., Verg. A. 1 148;<br /> v. [[infra]], II. B. 2., and [[atque]], II. 4.—<br /><b>II</b> Absol.<br /> <b>A</b> In gen.: [[studeo]] hunc lenonem perdere, [[velut]] [[meum]] erum macerat, Plaut. Poen. 4, 1, 2: cum [[repente]] instructas [[velut]] in acie [[certo]] gradulegiones accedere [[Galli]] viderent, Hirt. B. G. 8, 9: ne vitam silentio transeant veluti pecora, quae, etc., Sall. C. 1, 1: veluti qui sentibus anguem Pressit, Verg. A. 2, 379. —With abl. absol.: cum [[velut]] [[inter]] pugnae fugaeque [[consilium]] trepidante equitatu, Liv. 1, 14, 8 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf. id. 1, 31, 3; 1, 29, 4; 1, 53, 5; 2, 12, 13.—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic.<br /> <b>1</b> To [[connect]], by [[way]] of [[example]], a [[single]] [[instance]] [[with]] an established [[general]] [[proposition]], as, for [[instance]], for [[example]]: hoc est incepta efficere [[pulchre]], veluti mihi Evenit, ut ovans praedā [[onustus]] incederem, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 145; id. Rud. 3, 1, 4; id. Merc. 2, 1, 3; cf. id. Aul. 3, 4, 3; id. Curc. 5, 3, 4; id. Truc. 2, 1, 35; 2, 7, 19: [[numquam]] tam [[male]] est Siculis, [[quin]] aliquid [[facete]] et [[commode]] dicant: veluti in hac re aiebant, In labores Herculis, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 95: ut [[illi]] dubia quaedam res ... probetur: [[velut]] [[apud]] Socraticum Aeschinem demonstrat [[Socrates]], etc., id. Inv. 1, 31, 51: est [[etiam]] [[admiratio]] nonnulla in bestiis aquatilibus iis, quae gignuntur in terrā. Veluti crocodili, etc., id. N. D. 2, 48, 124; id. Fin. 2, 35, 116; cf.: [[multa]] conjecta sunt aliud [[alio]] tempore, [[velut]] hoc, etc., id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 7, § 23: [[velut]] in hac quaestione [[plerique]] dixerunt, id. N. D. 1, 1, 2: [[velut]] [[iste]] [[chorus]] virtutum in eculeum inpositus imagines constituit, id. Tusc. 5, 5, 13: aliae [[quoque]] artes minores habent multiplicem materiam, [[velut]] [[architectonice]], Quint. 2, 21, 8: sermonibus ejus fruebar, veluti fuit [[illa]] [[sermocinatio]], Gell. 19, 8, 1.—<br /> <b>2</b> To [[introduce]] a [[comparison]] or figurative [[expression]], as, [[like]], as it were: concurrunt veluti venti, cum [[spiritus]] Austri, etc., Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 423 Vahl.); 6, 3 (ib. v. 431 ib.): frena dabat [[Sipylus]], veluti cum, etc., Ov. M. 6, 231: migrantes cernas totāque ex urbe ruentes, Ac, veluti ingentem formicae farris acervum Cum populant, etc., Verg. A. 4, 402; cf. [[supra]], I. B.: hic [[velut]] hereditate relictum [[odium]] paternum conservavit, etc., Nep. Hann. 1, 3: quoddam [[simplex]] orationis [[condimentum]], [[quod]] sentitur latente judicio [[velut]] palato, Quint. 6, 3, 19: ducetur rerum ipsā serie [[velut]] duce, id. 10, 7, 6: haec [[velut]] [[sagina]] dicendi, id. 10, 5, 17: inaequalia [[tantum]] et [[velut]] confragosa, id. 8, 5, 29: haec est [[velut]] imperatoria [[virtus]], id. 7, 10, 13.—<br /> <b>3</b> To [[introduce]] a [[hypothetical]] [[comparative]] [[clause]], [[just]] as if, [[just]] as [[though]], as if, as [[though]].<br /> <b>a</b> Usually [[velut]] si: absentis Ariovisti crudelitatem, [[velut]] si [[coram]] adesset, horrerent, Caes. B. G. 1, 32: [[tantus]] patres [[metus]] de summā rerum cepit, [[velut]] si jam ad portas [[hostis]] esset, Liv. 21, 16, 2; Quint. 2, 13, 1: [[velut]] si urbem adgressurus [[Scipio]] foret, ita, etc., Liv. 29, 28, 9: [[facies]] inducitur illis (corporibus mixtis) Una, [[velut]] si [[quis]], etc., Ov. M. 4, 375.—<br /> <b>b</b> Sometimes, in this [[sense]], [[velut]] [[alone]]: [[saepe]], [[velut]] gemmas ejus signumque probarem, Per causam [[memini]] me tetigisse manum, Tib. 1, 6, 25 (21); Ov. M. 4, 596: [[velut]] ea res [[nihil]] ad religionem pertinuisset, Liv. 2, 36, 1: [[velut]] abundarent omnia, id. 2, 41, 9: me [[quoque]] juvat, [[velut]] [[ipse]] in parte laboris ac periculi fuerim, ad finem pervenisse, etc., id. 31, 1, 1 Weissenb. ad loc. | |lshtext=<b>vĕl-ut</b>: or vĕl-ŭti, adv. (cf. vel, II.),<br /><b>I</b> [[even]] as, [[just]] as, [[like]] as.<br /><b>I</b> Correl., [[with]] a foll. sic or ita ([[very]] [[rare]]).<br /> <b>A</b> In gen.: [[velut]] in cantu et fidibus, sic ex corporis totius naturā et figurā varios [[motus]] ciere, Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 20 (al. vel ut): cum [[velut]] Sagunti [[excidium]] Hannibali, sic, etc., Liv. 31, 18, 9: [[velut]] per fistulam, ita per apertam [[vitis]] medullam [[umor]] trahitur, Col. 3, 18, 5.—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic., to [[introduce]] comparisons: veluti Consul, cum, etc. ... sic exspectabat [[populus]], etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 87 Vahl.): ac veluti magno in [[populo]] cum [[saepe]] coorta est Seditio ... Sic, etc., Verg. A. 1 148;<br /> v. [[infra]], II. B. 2., and [[atque]], II. 4.—<br /><b>II</b> Absol.<br /> <b>A</b> In gen.: [[studeo]] hunc lenonem perdere, [[velut]] [[meum]] erum macerat, Plaut. Poen. 4, 1, 2: cum [[repente]] instructas [[velut]] in acie [[certo]] gradulegiones accedere [[Galli]] viderent, Hirt. B. G. 8, 9: ne vitam silentio transeant veluti pecora, quae, etc., Sall. C. 1, 1: veluti qui sentibus anguem Pressit, Verg. A. 2, 379. —With abl. absol.: cum [[velut]] [[inter]] pugnae fugaeque [[consilium]] trepidante equitatu, Liv. 1, 14, 8 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf. id. 1, 31, 3; 1, 29, 4; 1, 53, 5; 2, 12, 13.—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic.<br /> <b>1</b> To [[connect]], by [[way]] of [[example]], a [[single]] [[instance]] [[with]] an established [[general]] [[proposition]], as, for [[instance]], for [[example]]: hoc est incepta efficere [[pulchre]], veluti mihi Evenit, ut ovans praedā [[onustus]] incederem, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 145; id. Rud. 3, 1, 4; id. Merc. 2, 1, 3; cf. id. Aul. 3, 4, 3; id. Curc. 5, 3, 4; id. Truc. 2, 1, 35; 2, 7, 19: [[numquam]] tam [[male]] est Siculis, [[quin]] aliquid [[facete]] et [[commode]] dicant: veluti in hac re aiebant, In labores Herculis, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 95: ut [[illi]] dubia quaedam res ... probetur: [[velut]] [[apud]] Socraticum Aeschinem demonstrat [[Socrates]], etc., id. Inv. 1, 31, 51: est [[etiam]] [[admiratio]] nonnulla in bestiis aquatilibus iis, quae gignuntur in terrā. Veluti crocodili, etc., id. N. D. 2, 48, 124; id. Fin. 2, 35, 116; cf.: [[multa]] conjecta sunt aliud [[alio]] tempore, [[velut]] hoc, etc., id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 7, § 23: [[velut]] in hac quaestione [[plerique]] dixerunt, id. N. D. 1, 1, 2: [[velut]] [[iste]] [[chorus]] virtutum in eculeum inpositus imagines constituit, id. Tusc. 5, 5, 13: aliae [[quoque]] artes minores habent multiplicem materiam, [[velut]] [[architectonice]], Quint. 2, 21, 8: sermonibus ejus fruebar, veluti fuit [[illa]] [[sermocinatio]], Gell. 19, 8, 1.—<br /> <b>2</b> To [[introduce]] a [[comparison]] or figurative [[expression]], as, [[like]], as it were: concurrunt veluti venti, cum [[spiritus]] Austri, etc., Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 423 Vahl.); 6, 3 (ib. v. 431 ib.): frena dabat [[Sipylus]], veluti cum, etc., Ov. M. 6, 231: migrantes cernas totāque ex urbe ruentes, Ac, veluti ingentem formicae farris acervum Cum populant, etc., Verg. A. 4, 402; cf. [[supra]], I. B.: hic [[velut]] hereditate relictum [[odium]] paternum conservavit, etc., Nep. Hann. 1, 3: quoddam [[simplex]] orationis [[condimentum]], [[quod]] sentitur latente judicio [[velut]] palato, Quint. 6, 3, 19: ducetur rerum ipsā serie [[velut]] duce, id. 10, 7, 6: haec [[velut]] [[sagina]] dicendi, id. 10, 5, 17: inaequalia [[tantum]] et [[velut]] confragosa, id. 8, 5, 29: haec est [[velut]] imperatoria [[virtus]], id. 7, 10, 13.—<br /> <b>3</b> To [[introduce]] a [[hypothetical]] [[comparative]] [[clause]], [[just]] as if, [[just]] as [[though]], as if, as [[though]].<br /> <b>a</b> Usually [[velut]] si: absentis Ariovisti crudelitatem, [[velut]] si [[coram]] adesset, horrerent, Caes. B. G. 1, 32: [[tantus]] patres [[metus]] de summā rerum cepit, [[velut]] si jam ad portas [[hostis]] esset, Liv. 21, 16, 2; Quint. 2, 13, 1: [[velut]] si urbem adgressurus [[Scipio]] foret, ita, etc., Liv. 29, 28, 9: [[facies]] inducitur illis (corporibus mixtis) Una, [[velut]] si [[quis]], etc., Ov. M. 4, 375.—<br /> <b>b</b> Sometimes, in this [[sense]], [[velut]] [[alone]]: [[saepe]], [[velut]] gemmas ejus signumque probarem, Per causam [[memini]] me tetigisse manum, Tib. 1, 6, 25 (21); Ov. M. 4, 596: [[velut]] ea res [[nihil]] ad religionem pertinuisset, Liv. 2, 36, 1: [[velut]] abundarent omnia, id. 2, 41, 9: me [[quoque]] juvat, [[velut]] [[ipse]] in parte laboris ac periculi fuerim, ad finem pervenisse, etc., id. 31, 1, 1 Weissenb. ad loc. | ||
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|gf=<b>vĕlŭt</b>⁷ ou <b>vĕlŭtī</b> ([[vel]] et ut), adv.,<br /><b>1</b> par exemple comme, ainsi, par exemple : [[velut]] in [[hac]] re Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 95, par exemple à [[propos]] de [[cette]] aventure, cf. Pl. Aul. 462 ; Rud. 596, etc. ; Cic. Nat. 2, 124 ; Fin. 2, 116 ; Tusc. 5, 23, etc.<br /><b>2</b> [dans les [[compar]].] comme, de la manière que, ainsi que : <b> a)</b> [[velut]]... [[sic]] [rar<sup>t</sup> [[ita]] : Col. Rust. 3, 18, 5 ] Virg. En. 1, 248 ; Liv. 31, 18, 9, de même que... de même ; <b> b)</b> veluti [[pecora]] Sall. C. 1, 1, comme des animaux, cf. Hirt. G. 8, 9, 1 ; <b> c)</b> comme, pour ainsi [[dire]] : [[velut]] hereditate relictum [[odium]] Nep. Hann. 1, 3, haine pour ainsi [[dire]] laissée en héritage, cf. Quint. 10, 5, 17 ; 8, 5, 19<br /><b>3</b> [dans les hypothèses] : <b> a)</b> [[velut]] si subj., comme si : Cæs. G. 1, 32 ; Liv. 21, 16, 2 ; 29, 28, 9 ; Quint. 2, 13, 1 ; <b> b)</b> [[velut]] seul et subj., comme si : Tib. 1, 6, 25 ; Ov. M. 4, 596 ; Liv. 2, 36, 1 ; 2, 41, 9 ; 29, 9, 5, etc. ; <b> c)</b> avec abl. absolu : [[velut]] [[inter]] pugnæ fugæque [[consilium]] trepidante equitatu Liv. 1, 14, 8, comme si la cavalerie hésitait entre le [[parti]] du combat et celui de la retraite, cf. Liv. 1, 29, 4 ; 2, 12, 13 ; 26, 37, 5, etc. | |||
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
vĕl-ut: or vĕl-ŭti, adv. (cf. vel, II.),
I even as, just as, like as.
I Correl., with a foll. sic or ita (very rare).
A In gen.: velut in cantu et fidibus, sic ex corporis totius naturā et figurā varios motus ciere, Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 20 (al. vel ut): cum velut Sagunti excidium Hannibali, sic, etc., Liv. 31, 18, 9: velut per fistulam, ita per apertam vitis medullam umor trahitur, Col. 3, 18, 5.—
B In partic., to introduce comparisons: veluti Consul, cum, etc. ... sic exspectabat populus, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 87 Vahl.): ac veluti magno in populo cum saepe coorta est Seditio ... Sic, etc., Verg. A. 1 148;
v. infra, II. B. 2., and atque, II. 4.—
II Absol.
A In gen.: studeo hunc lenonem perdere, velut meum erum macerat, Plaut. Poen. 4, 1, 2: cum repente instructas velut in acie certo gradulegiones accedere Galli viderent, Hirt. B. G. 8, 9: ne vitam silentio transeant veluti pecora, quae, etc., Sall. C. 1, 1: veluti qui sentibus anguem Pressit, Verg. A. 2, 379. —With abl. absol.: cum velut inter pugnae fugaeque consilium trepidante equitatu, Liv. 1, 14, 8 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf. id. 1, 31, 3; 1, 29, 4; 1, 53, 5; 2, 12, 13.—
B In partic.
1 To connect, by way of example, a single instance with an established general proposition, as, for instance, for example: hoc est incepta efficere pulchre, veluti mihi Evenit, ut ovans praedā onustus incederem, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 145; id. Rud. 3, 1, 4; id. Merc. 2, 1, 3; cf. id. Aul. 3, 4, 3; id. Curc. 5, 3, 4; id. Truc. 2, 1, 35; 2, 7, 19: numquam tam male est Siculis, quin aliquid facete et commode dicant: veluti in hac re aiebant, In labores Herculis, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 95: ut illi dubia quaedam res ... probetur: velut apud Socraticum Aeschinem demonstrat Socrates, etc., id. Inv. 1, 31, 51: est etiam admiratio nonnulla in bestiis aquatilibus iis, quae gignuntur in terrā. Veluti crocodili, etc., id. N. D. 2, 48, 124; id. Fin. 2, 35, 116; cf.: multa conjecta sunt aliud alio tempore, velut hoc, etc., id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 7, § 23: velut in hac quaestione plerique dixerunt, id. N. D. 1, 1, 2: velut iste chorus virtutum in eculeum inpositus imagines constituit, id. Tusc. 5, 5, 13: aliae quoque artes minores habent multiplicem materiam, velut architectonice, Quint. 2, 21, 8: sermonibus ejus fruebar, veluti fuit illa sermocinatio, Gell. 19, 8, 1.—
2 To introduce a comparison or figurative expression, as, like, as it were: concurrunt veluti venti, cum spiritus Austri, etc., Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 423 Vahl.); 6, 3 (ib. v. 431 ib.): frena dabat Sipylus, veluti cum, etc., Ov. M. 6, 231: migrantes cernas totāque ex urbe ruentes, Ac, veluti ingentem formicae farris acervum Cum populant, etc., Verg. A. 4, 402; cf. supra, I. B.: hic velut hereditate relictum odium paternum conservavit, etc., Nep. Hann. 1, 3: quoddam simplex orationis condimentum, quod sentitur latente judicio velut palato, Quint. 6, 3, 19: ducetur rerum ipsā serie velut duce, id. 10, 7, 6: haec velut sagina dicendi, id. 10, 5, 17: inaequalia tantum et velut confragosa, id. 8, 5, 29: haec est velut imperatoria virtus, id. 7, 10, 13.—
3 To introduce a hypothetical comparative clause, just as if, just as though, as if, as though.
a Usually velut si: absentis Ariovisti crudelitatem, velut si coram adesset, horrerent, Caes. B. G. 1, 32: tantus patres metus de summā rerum cepit, velut si jam ad portas hostis esset, Liv. 21, 16, 2; Quint. 2, 13, 1: velut si urbem adgressurus Scipio foret, ita, etc., Liv. 29, 28, 9: facies inducitur illis (corporibus mixtis) Una, velut si quis, etc., Ov. M. 4, 375.—
b Sometimes, in this sense, velut alone: saepe, velut gemmas ejus signumque probarem, Per causam memini me tetigisse manum, Tib. 1, 6, 25 (21); Ov. M. 4, 596: velut ea res nihil ad religionem pertinuisset, Liv. 2, 36, 1: velut abundarent omnia, id. 2, 41, 9: me quoque juvat, velut ipse in parte laboris ac periculi fuerim, ad finem pervenisse, etc., id. 31, 1, 1 Weissenb. ad loc.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
vĕlŭt⁷ ou vĕlŭtī (vel et ut), adv.,
1 par exemple comme, ainsi, par exemple : velut in hac re Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 95, par exemple à propos de cette aventure, cf. Pl. Aul. 462 ; Rud. 596, etc. ; Cic. Nat. 2, 124 ; Fin. 2, 116 ; Tusc. 5, 23, etc.
2 [dans les compar.] comme, de la manière que, ainsi que : a) velut... sic [rart ita : Col. Rust. 3, 18, 5 ] Virg. En. 1, 248 ; Liv. 31, 18, 9, de même que... de même ; b) veluti pecora Sall. C. 1, 1, comme des animaux, cf. Hirt. G. 8, 9, 1 ; c) comme, pour ainsi dire : velut hereditate relictum odium Nep. Hann. 1, 3, haine pour ainsi dire laissée en héritage, cf. Quint. 10, 5, 17 ; 8, 5, 19
3 [dans les hypothèses] : a) velut si subj., comme si : Cæs. G. 1, 32 ; Liv. 21, 16, 2 ; 29, 28, 9 ; Quint. 2, 13, 1 ; b) velut seul et subj., comme si : Tib. 1, 6, 25 ; Ov. M. 4, 596 ; Liv. 2, 36, 1 ; 2, 41, 9 ; 29, 9, 5, etc. ; c) avec abl. absolu : velut inter pugnæ fugæque consilium trepidante equitatu Liv. 1, 14, 8, comme si la cavalerie hésitait entre le parti du combat et celui de la retraite, cf. Liv. 1, 29, 4 ; 2, 12, 13 ; 26, 37, 5, etc.
