velate
Dictionary entries
- Entry →velo, velare, velavi, velatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
veil, cover, cover up; enfold, wrap, envelop; hide, conceal; clothe in;
voc. sg. perf. pass. part.pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...tollit caput, oraque mille vulneribus confossa cruenta casside velat; haeret detritus laevae Mavortius umbo innumerabilibus telis gravis, atque..."
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...discrimina rerum expedior! subita cur pulcher harundine crines velat Hylas? unde urna umeris niveosque per artus caeruleae vestes..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...haeret eunti mater et ipsa umeros exsertaque bracchia velat; ipsa arcum pharetrasque locat vestemque latentem deducit sparsosque tumet..."Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...favete omnes et cingite tempora ramis.' Sic fatus velat materna tempora myrto. hoc Helymus facit, hoc aevi maturus..."Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...gravemque senatum convocat, ante tamen pacali cornua lauro velat et aggeribus factis a milite forti insistit priscosque deos..."Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Mota dea est sortemque dedit: 'discedite templo et velate caput cinctasque resolvite vestes ossaque post tergum magnae iactate..."Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...pedibusque manus, cum longis bracchia mutat cruribus et velat maculoso vellere corpus; additus et pavor est: fugit Autonoeius..."Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...longe porrigitur digitosque ligat iunctura rubentis, penna latus velat, tenet os sine acumine rostrum. fit nova Cycnus avis..."