vellō —, —, ere
2 VEL-, to pluck, pull, tear away, pull out: poma, Tb.: caudae pilos equinae, H.: tot spicula, V.: ut signa, take up, L.: postīs a cardine, V.: capillos a stirpe, Pr.: castris signa, V.: Unguibus herbas, O.: hastam de caespite, V. —To pull down, tear down, destroy: vallum, L.: munimenta, L.—To pull, twitch, pluck: aurem, V.: vellere coepi Et prensare bracchia, H.