Latin search results for: velit

#1

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: masculine

Definitions:

  1. guerrilla forces (pl.), irregular bands
  2. light-armed foot-soldier
  3. skirmishers
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
  • Source: General, unknown or too common to say
#2

adjective

Definitions:

  1. of or belonging to the velites (guerrilla forces)
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
  • Source: General, unknown or too common to say
#3

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. bickering, wrangling (Nelson)
  2. skirmishing
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#4

verb

  • conjugation: 1st conjugation
  • voice: deponent

Definitions:

  1. fight like light troops (velites)
  2. skirmish
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)