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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.