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veles

veles · m

a kind of light-armed soldier

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 17 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

vēlĕs — Lewis & Short

vēlĕs, ĭtis, m.volare, velox, flying troops,

I a kind of light-armed soldier, who attacked the enemy out of the line of battle, a skirmisher.
I Lit., usually in the plur.: velites, Liv 26, 4, 4 sq.; 21, 55, 11; 23, 29, 3; 38, 21, 13; 30, 33, 3; Varr ap. Non. 552, 30; Ov Ib. 48 (Merkel, militis); Val. Max. 2, 3, 3.—Sing., Lucil. ap. Fest. s. v sub vitem, p. 308; Titin. ap. Non. 552, 26.—*
II Transf.: me autem a te, ut scurram velitem, malis oneratum esse, non moleste tuli, as the clown of the troop, Cic. Fam. 9, 20, 1.

In the wild

6 of 55 attestations shown.

Where it came from

  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. uéles (scan p. 742; entry #12390).

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