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vēlum , i, n. root var, to cover; cf. vellus, and v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 459,
I.a cloth, covering, awning, curtain, veil: “tabernacula carbaseis intenta velis,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30: “velis amictos non togis,id. Cat. 2, 10, 22: “eadem (i. e. uxor) si quando recito, in proximo, discreta velo, sedet,Plin. Ep. 4, 19, 3.—So of chamber-curtains, hangings, Suet. Claud. 10; Juv. 6, 228; 9, 105: “adlevare,Sen. Ep. 80, 1.—Of the awnings stretched over the theatre or other public places as a protection from the sun, Lucr. 4, 75; Prop. 4 (5), 1, 15; Ov. A. A. 1, 103; Inscr. Orell. 2219; Val. Max. 2, 4, 6; cf. Plin. 19, 1, 6, § 23: “multis simulationum involucris tegitur et quasi velis quibusdam obtenditur unius cujusque natura,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5, § 15.—
II. Esp., a sail (in good prose usually in plur.).
b. Prov.: remis velisque, with oars and sails, i. e. with tooth and nail, with might and main: “res velis, ut ita dicam, remisque fugienda,Cic. Tusc. 3, 11, 25; cf.: “remigio veloque quantum potis es festina et fuge,Plaut. As. 1, 3, 5 (cf. the similar phrase, remis ventisque, sub remus); cf.: “non agimur tumidis velis,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 201: “plenissimis velis navigare,Cic. Dom. 10, 24.—
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    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 4.19.3
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