vellemus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →vello, vellere, velli, vulsus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
pluck/pull/tear out; extract; pull hair/plants; uproot; depilate; demolish;
pl. fut. act. ind. 1st - Entry →volo, velle, volui, -:
Verb
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
wish, want, prefer; be willing, will;
pl. imperf. act. subj. 1st
Examples
- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...memoria factam, quam eiturum se esse, si vellemus audire. Conversis igitur omnium in se vultibus auribusque sic orsus..." - M
XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...pietas abstineret. nostros comedimus, nostros, nam si alienos vellemus, nemo [audebat] cedebat. Nihil est tamen, quod indignari velitis..." - G
Liber I
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...privatae iactantiae studebamus, cum intentionem effectumque muneris nostri vellemus intellegi, ita nunc in ratione edendi veremur, ne forte..."