Latin search results for: veli
#1
noun
- declension: 2nd declension
- gender: neuter
Definitions:
- curtain
- sail, covering
- [vela vento dare => sail away]
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Frequent, top 2000+ words
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Source:
General, unknown or too common to say
#2
verb
- conjugation: 1st conjugation
Definitions:
- direct effort towards, work for
- operate sails
- sail (ship)
- set/direct course
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
War, Military, Naval, Ships, Armor
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#3
noun
- declension: 3rd declension
- gender: masculine
Definitions:
- guerrilla forces (pl.), irregular bands
- light-armed foot-soldier
- skirmishers
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
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Source:
General, unknown or too common to say
#4
adjective
Definitions:
- carrying a sail
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
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Source:
General, unknown or too common to say
#5
verb
- conjugation: 1st conjugation
- voice: deponent
Definitions:
- direct effort towards, work for
- operate sails
- sail (ship)
- set/direct course
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
War, Military, Naval, Ships, Armor
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#6
adjective
Definitions:
- characterized by speeding sails
- speeding along under sail
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
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Source:
General, unknown or too common to say
#7
adjective
Definitions:
- of or belonging to the velites (guerrilla forces)
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
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Source:
General, unknown or too common to say
#8
noun
- declension: 3rd declension
- gender: feminine
Definitions:
- bickering, wrangling (Nelson)
- skirmishing
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
2 or 3 citations
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Source:
Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#9
noun
- declension: 2nd declension
- gender: neuter
Definitions:
- glider
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Age:
Coined recently, words for new things (19th-21st centuries)
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Area:
Technical, Architecture, Topography, Surveying
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
2 or 3 citations
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Source:
Calepinus Novus, “Modern Latin”, by Guy Licoppe (Cal)
#10
adjective
Definitions:
- flying with sails
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
War, Military, Naval, Ships, Armor
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
2 or 3 citations
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Source:
Charles Beard, “Cassell’s Latin Dictionary”, 1892 (CAS)
#11
noun
- declension: 3rd declension
- gender: feminine
Definitions:
- sailing
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
War, Military, Naval, Ships, Armor
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
2 or 3 citations
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Source:
Charles Beard, “Cassell’s Latin Dictionary”, 1892 (CAS)
#12
noun
- declension: 3rd declension
- gender: masculine
Definitions:
- sailor
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Age:
Latin post 15th - Scholarly/Scientific (16th-18th centuries)
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
2 or 3 citations
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Source:
Calepinus Novus, “Modern Latin”, by Guy Licoppe (Cal)
#13
verb
- conjugation: 1st conjugation
- voice: deponent
Definitions:
- fight like light troops (velites)
- skirmish
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
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Source:
Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)