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vela, ae, f., the Gallic name for the plant erysimon, Plin. 22, 25, 75, § 158.

Vēlābrensis, e, v. 2. Velabrum.

1. vēlābrum, i, n. [velo], a covering or awning stretched above the theatre, Amm. 14, 6, 25.

2. Vēlābrum, i, n.

  1. I. A street in Rome on the Aventine Hill, between the Vicus Tuscus and the Forum Boarium, where especially oil-dealers and cheesemongers sold their wares, Varr. L. L. 5, § 43 sq. Müll.; Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 29; id. Curc. 4, 1, 22; Hor. S. 2, 3, 229; Tib. 2, 5, 33; Prop. 4 (5), 9, 5; Ov. F. 6, 405.
    Hence, Vēlābrensis, e, adj., of or belonging to the Velabrum, Velabrian: caseus, Mart. 13, 32, 2; cf. id. 11, 52, 10.
  2. II. Velabrum Minus, a small street in Rome, Varr. L. L. 5, § 156 Müll.

vēlāmen, ĭnis, n. [velo], a cover, covering, clothing, robe, garment, veil (poet. and in post-Aug. prose), Verg. A. 1, 649; 6, 221; Ov. M. 6, 566; id. F. 4, 147; 6, 579; id. A. A. 3, 267; Juv. 3, 178; Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 11, 2; Tac. G. 17.

vēlāmentum, i, n. [velo], a cover, covering.

  1. I. Lit
    1. A. Infantis, Cels. 7, 29 fin.: estque id aliquanto melius velamentum cerebro quam caro, id. 8, 4; cf. id. 7, 18.
    2. * B. A veil, curtain, = velum, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 15, 2.
    3. C. Velamenta, olive-branches wound about with woollen fillets, or rods wound about in like manner, which suppliants bore before them: velamenta manu praetendens supplice, Ov. M. 11, 279: ramos oleae ac velamenta alia supplicum porrigentes orare, ut reciperent sese, Liv. 24, 30, 14 Weissenb. ad loc.; 25, 25, 6; 30, 36, 5; 36, 20, 1; cf. id. 29, 16, 6. velamenta et infulas praeferentes, Tac. H. 1, 66; v. velo, I. fin.
  2. II. Trop., a cover, concealment, screen: quaerentes libidinibus suis patrocinium aliquid seu velamentum, Sen. Vit. Beat. 12, 4: pudoris, Lampr. Elag. 11: ami citiae, pretence, Amm. 19, 11, 4.

vēlāris, e, adj. [velum], of or belonging to a veil or curtain: anuli, curtainrings, Plin. 13, 9, 18, § 62.

vēlārĭum, ii, n. [velum], a covering, screen, awning, stretched above the theatre to keep off the sun, Juv. 4, 122.

‡ vēlārĭus, ii, m. [velum].

  1. I. A slave who attended to closing the curtains at the entrance of an apartment, a door-keeper, Inscr. Grut. 599, 7 sq.
  2. II. A sailor who attended to furling and unfurling the sails, Inscr. Orell. 3642.

vēlāti, v. velo, I. B.

vēlātĭo, ōnis, f. [velo], a veiling, giving the veil, Aug. Ep 150 fin.

vēlātō, adv., v velo fin.

Vĕlauni or Vellavii, ōrum, m., a people of Aquitania, between the Gabali and the Segusiani, in Vélay, Caes. B. G. 7, 75; Plin. 3, 20, 24, § 137.

vēlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [velum], to cover, cover up, wrap up, wrap, envelop, veil, etc. (class.; syn.: contego, induo).

  1. I. Lit.: capite velato, Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 10; Quint. 2, 13, 13; 6, 1, 48: caput velatum filo, Liv. 1, 32, 6; cf.: capita ante aras Phrygio amictu, Verg. A. 3, 545: varices, Quint. 11, 3, 143: partes tegendas, Ov. M. 13, 479: velanda corporis, Plin. Ep. 6, 24, 3: antennas, covered with or supporting the sails, Verg. A. 3, 549.
    Of clothing: velatus togā, enveloped, clothed, Liv. 3, 26, 10: purpurea veste, Ov. M. 2, 23: tunicā, id. F. 3, 645: stolā, Hor. S. 1, 2, 71; Tib. 1, 5, 25 (3, 4, 55): amiculis, Curt. 3, 3, 10: umeros chlamyde, Spart. Sev. 19.
    Of other objects: maternā tempora myrto, Verg. A. 5, 72: tempora purpureis tiaris, to wrap round, bind round, Ov. M. 11, 181: tempora vittis, id. P. 3, 2, 75: coronā, id. ib. 4, 14, 55; cf. in a Greek construction: Amphicus albenti velatus tempora vittā, id. M. 5, 110: cornua lauro, id. ib. 15, 592: frondibus hastam, id. ib. 3, 667: serta molas, id. F. 6, 312: Palatia sertis, id. Tr. 4, 2, 3: delubra deūm fronde, Verg. A. 2, 249: velatis manibus orant, ignoscamus peccatum suum, i. e. holding the velamenta (v. h. v. I. C.), Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 101; cf.: velati ramis oleae, Verg. A. 11, 101.
    1. B. Milit. t. t.; P. a. as subst.: vēlāti, ōrum, m., soldiers who wore only a cloak; only in the phrase accensi velati, a kind of supernumerary troops who followed the army to fill the places of any who might fall, Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40; and in late Lat. inscrr. freq. sing.: ACCENSVS VELATVS, one such soldier, Inscr. Orell. 111; 1368; 2153; 2182; v. accenseo, P. a. B.
  2. II. Trop., to hide, conceal (post-Aug.; several times in Tac.; otherwise rare): odium fallacibus blanditiis, Tac. A. 14, 56: externa falsis armis, id. H. 4, 32; cf. id. A. 12, 61: primas adulescentis cupidines, id. ib. 13, 13: culpam invidiā, id. ib. 6, 29: scelere velandum est scelus, Sen. Hippol. 721: nihil (with omittere), Plin. Pan. 56, 1.
    Hence, * vēlātō, adv., through a veil, darkly, obscurely: deum discere, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 29.