Latin search results for: velit
#1
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
#2
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
#3
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)
#4
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)