velitatio
νεκρὸν ἐάν ποτ' ἴδηις καὶ μνήματα κωφὰ παράγηις κοινὸν ἔσοπτρον ὁρᾶις· ὁ θανὼν οὕτως προσεδόκα → whenever you see a body dead, or pass by silent tombs, you look into the mirror of all men's destiny: the dead man expected nothing else | if you ever see a corpse or walk by quiet graves, that's when you look into the mirror we all share: the dead expected this
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
vēlĭtātĭo: ōnis, f. velitor,
I a skirmishing with words, a bickering, wrangling, dispute (Plautin.): velitatio dicta est ultro citroque probrorum objectatio, ab exemplo velitaris pugnae, Fest. p. 369 Müll.: velitatio dicitur levis contentio, dicta ex congressione militum (i.e. velitum), Non. p. 3: verbis velitationem fieri, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 41 (al. as one word, verbivelitationem; cf. Ussing ad loc.): me ad velitationem exerceo. id. Rud. 2, 6, 41.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
vēlĭtātĭō, ōnis, f. (velitor), escarmouche ; [fig.] assaut d’injures : Pl. As. 307 ; P. Fest. 369 ; Non. 3, 3.
