Velleius
ἅτε γὰρ ἐννάλιον πόνον ἐχοίσας βαθύν σκευᾶς ἑτέρας, ἀβάπτιστος εἶμι φελλὸς ὣς ὑπὲρ ἕρκος ἅλμας → for just as when the rest of the tackle labors in the depths of the sea, like a cork I shall go undipped over the surface of the brine | as when the other part of the tackle is laboring deep in the sea, I go unsoaked like a cork above the surface of the sea
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Vellēius: i, m.,
I the name of a Roman gens.
I C. Velleius Paterculus, an historian under Augustus and Tiberius; v. Bähr, Röm. Lit. Gesch. § 203 sq.—
II C. Velleins, an Epicurean, friend of Crassus, Cic. de Or. 3, 21, 78; id. N. D. 1, 6, 15.—Hence,
A Vel-lēius, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Velleius, Velleian: lex, perh. called after the consul C. Velleius Tutor, Dig. 28, 2, 29; 28, 3, 3; Just. Inst. 2, 13.—
B Vellēiānus, a, um, adj., of a Velleius, Velleian: senatusconsultum, called after the consul C. Velleius Tutor, Dig. 16, 1, 2.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Velleius,¹⁶ ī, m., nom d’une famille rom. ; not. C. Velléius, philosophe épicurien, ami de l’orateur Crassus : Cic. de Or. 3, 78 || Velléius Paterculus, historien latin, préteur sous Tibère || -eius, a, um, de Velléius : Inst. Just. 2, 13 ; ou -eiānus, a, um, Dig. 16, 1, 2.
Latin > German (Georges)
Vellēius, a, um, Name einer röm. gens, aus der am bekanntesten I) C. Velleius Paterculus, ein Geschichtschreiber unter Augustus u. Tiberius. Vgl. W. Teuffel Gesch. der röm. Liter.6 § 278. – II) C. Velleius, Anhänger der epikureischen Philosophie u. Freund des Redners Krassus, Volkstribun um 91 v. Chr., Cic. de or. 3, 78 u. de nat. deor. 1, 15. – Adi. vellejisch, lex, ICt. – Dav. Vellēiānus, a, um, vellejanisch, senatus consultum, des Konsuls C. Vellejus Tutor, ICt.
