vellico
Ἡ πατρίς, ὡς ἔοικε, φίλτατον βροτοῖς → Homini, ut videtur, patria res dulcissima est → Die Heimat ist der Menschen Liebstes, wie es scheint
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
vellĭco: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. vello,
I to pluck, twitch, pinch, nip (syn. carpo).
I Lit.: cornix vulturios vellicat, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 148: puer, quid fieret, interrogatus, a paedagogo se vellicari respondit, Quint. 6, 1, 41: saetas, Nemes. Ecl. 3, 32: vellicata blande auricula suscitavit, Paul. Nol. Ep. 36, 3.—
B Transf., of bees: nullius opus, to suck, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 7.—
II Trop.
A To wake up, arouse by twitching: excitandus e somno et vellicandus est animus admonendusque, Sen. Ep. 20, 11; 63, 1.—
B To pluck or twitch in speaking, i. e. to twit, taunt, carp, rail at (cf. rodo): contemplent, conspiciant omnes, nutent, nectent, sibilent, vellicent, vocent, etc., Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 73: more hominum invident, in conviviis rodunt, in circulis vellicant, maledico dente carpunt, Cic. Balb. 26, 57: quod vellicet absentem Demetrius, Hor. S. 1, 10, 79; cf.: nullum est tam plenum beneficium, quod non vellicare malignitas possit, belittle, Sen. Ben. 2, 28, 2: (puella) te vellicet, Prop. 2, 5, 8; Gell. 4, 15, 1.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
vellĭcō,¹³ āvī, ātum, āre (fréq. de vello), tr.,
1 tirailler, picoter, becqueter : Pl. Most. 834 ; Quint. 6, 1, 41 ; P. Fest. 86, 74 || [en parl. de l’abeille] butiner : Varro R. 3, 16, 7
2 [fig.] a) mordiller, déchirer, dénigrer : Pl. Merc. 408 ; Cic. Balbo 57 ; Hor. S. 1, 10, 79 ; Sen. Ben. 2, 28, 4 ; Gell. 4, 15, 1 ; b) déchirer par jalousie : Prop. 2, 5, 6 ; c) piquer, exciter : Sen. Ep. 20, 11 ; 63, 1.
