The corpus record — Latin

velitatio

velitatio · f

a skirmishing

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Where it lives

Rudens 1 · 0.84/10k

What it meant

vēlĭtātĭo — Lewis & Short

vēlĭtātĭo, ōnis, f.velitor,

I a skirmishing with words, a bickering, wrangling, dispute (Plautin.): velitatio dicta est ultro citroque probrorum objectatio, ab exemplo velitaris pugnae, Fest. p. 369 Müll.: velitatio dicitur levis contentio, dicta ex congressione militum (i.e. velitum), Non. p. 3: verbis velitationem fieri, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 41 (al. as one word, verbivelitationem; cf. Ussing ad loc.): me ad velitationem exerceo. id. Rud. 2, 6, 41.

In the wild

velitationem Plautus, Rudens 2.6

Where it came from

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