vellite
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. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
- L
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..." - L
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - T
Liber X
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...esse, "habetis igitur" inquit, "adfatim lignorum; redite et vellite vallum". Redeunt in castra terroremque ibi vellentes vallum..."