vellitur
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. pres. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber Quintus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...labor et grave Titan vociferans, fixos scopulis dum vellitur artus. contra autem ignari (quis enim nunc credat..."- P
Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...monstrum. nam quae prima solo ruptis radicibus arbos vellitur, huic atro liquuntur sanguine guttae et terram tabo maculant..."