vellit
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;
sg. perf. act. ind. 3rdsg. pres. act. ind. 3rd - Entry →vello, vellere, volsi, volsus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
pluck/pull/tear out; extract; pull hair/plants; uproot; depilate; demolish;
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber XIX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...neglegit; ille et crura, hic ne alas quidem vellit. Ad compositionem transeamus. Quot genera tibi in hac dabo..."Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...notabilior subinde exprimentem nec umquam tacentem nisi dum vellit alas et alium pro se clamare cogit; iam biberari..."Aeneid XI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...virgine victor gramineo, donum Triviae, de caespite vellit. non illum tectis ullae, non moenibus urbes accepere (neque ipse..."Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...huic primum fatis adductus iniquis fit Lagus. hunc, vellit magno dum pondere saxum, intorto figit telo, discrimina costis..."Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...puer puerique parens Amathusia culti. aurea de campo vellite signa meo! corniger increpuit thyrso graviore Lyaeus: pulsanda..."Liber X
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...esse, "habetis igitur" inquit, "adfatim lignorum; redite et vellite vallum". Redeunt in castra terroremque ibi vellentes vallum..."