vellunt
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. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber XIX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...fluxa. Quod vides istos sequi qui aut vellunt barbam aut intervellunt, qui labra pressius tondent et adradunt servata..."Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...optimus omnis est opifex, solus sic rex.' vellunt tibi barbam lascivi pueri, quos tu nisi fuste coerces, urgeris..."