velletis
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. 2nd - Entry →volo, velle, volui, -:
Verb
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
wish, want, prefer; be willing, will;
pl. imperf. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
Liber XI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...magna liceret et bona velletis tam pretiosa dare, hoc quod habet Chione corpus faceretis haberet ut Phlogis..."XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...vindicta primum mei consulere leges ac iura velletis, quaeso, ne quis prodesse pauperi velit, quod nec defendi potest..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...fando inauditum, quum princeps et principis amicus diversa velletis, id potius factum est, quod amicus volebat..."
