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
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...memoria factam, quam eiturum se esse, si vellemus audire. Conversis igitur omnium in se vultibus auribusque sic orsus..."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..."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..."