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..."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..."