I.a cover, covering.
I. Lit
A. Infantis, Cels. 7, 29 fin.: “estque id aliquanto melius velamentum cerebro quam caro,” id. 8, 4; cf. id. 7, 18.— *
B. A veil, curtain, = velum, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 15, 2.—
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.—
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.