1. vēlābrum — Lewis & Short
vēlābrum, i, n.velo,
I a covering or awning stretched above the theatre, Amm. 14, 6, 25.
The corpus record — Latin
Velabrum2
Velabrum2 · n
a covering
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Where it lives
- Nero 1 · 1.28/10k
- Captivi 1 · 1.16/10k
- Letters to and from Brutus 1 · 1.05/10k
- Divus Julius 1 · 1.03/10k
- Elegiae 1 · 0.81/10k
- Satyrarum libri 1 · 0.7/10k
- Elegiae 1 · 0.4/10k
- Historiae 2 · 0.39/10k
- Fasti 1 · 0.32/10k
What it meant
2. Vēlābrum — Lewis & Short
Vēlābrum, i, n.
I A street in Rome on the Aventine Hill, between the Vicus Tuscus and the Forum Boarium, where especially oil-dealers and cheesemongers sold their wares, Varr. L. L. 5, § 43 sq. Müll.; Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 29; id. Curc. 4, 1, 22; Hor. S. 2, 3, 229; Tib. 2, 5, 33; Prop. 4 (5), 9, 5; Ov. F. 6, 405.— Hence, Vēlābrensis, e, adj., of or belonging to the Velabrum, Velabrian:
caseus,Mart. 13, 32, 2; cf. id. 11, 52, 10.—
II Velabrum Minus, a small street in Rome, Varr. L. L. 5, § 156 Müll.
In the wild
- Velabro Cicero, Letters to and from Brutus 1.15.8
- Velabra Ovid, Fasti 6.405
- Velabrum Tacitus, Historiae 3.75
- Velabro Horace, Satyrarum libri 2.3.229
- Velabrum Suetonius, Nero 25.2
- Velabrum Tacitus, Historiae 1.27
6 of 10 attestations shown.
Where it came from
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