1. vello — Lewis & Short
vello, vulsi, vulsum (
I perf. velli, Calp. Ecl. 4, 155; Prisc. 10, 6, 36, p. 897 P.; Diom. 1, p. 369 ib.; ante-class. form of sup. volsum; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 576), 3, v. a. prob. akin to e(/l-kw.
I Prop.
A Of animals, to pluck or pull, i. e. to deprive of the hair, feathers, etc.:
oves,Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 9; Plin. 8, 48, 73, § 190:
anseres,id. 10, 22, 27, § 53.—
B Of things.
1 In gen., to pluck, pull, or tear out, away, or up; in simple constr.:
plumas anserum,Col. 8, 13, 3:
caudae pilos equinae,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 45:
barbam,id. S. 1, 3, 133:
tot spicula,Verg. A. 10, 889:
comam,Mart. 5, 37, 19:
cuneum vellito, statimque surculos in ea foramina immittito,Col. 5, 11, 5; cf. id. Arb. 26, 4: signa, to take up, i. e. march, Verg. A. 11, 19; cf.:
ut vellerent signa et Romam proficiscerentur,Liv. 3, 50, 11:
mors viscera vulsit,Luc. 6, 546.—With ab and abl.:
postes a cardine vellit,Verg. A. 2, 480:
albos a stirpe capillos,Prop. 3 (4), 25, 13.
asparagum ab radice,Plin. 19, 8, 42, § 149.—With abl. alone:
aut castris audebit vellere signa,Verg. G. 4, 108:
genae florem primaevo corpore vulsit,Luc. 6, 562:
adfixam oculo sagittam,id. 6, 218:
vulsis pectore telis,id. 6, 232; cf.:
unguibus et raras vellentem dentibus herbas,Ov. M. 8,800.—With de and abl.:
hastam ... de cespite vellit,Verg. A. 11, 566:
herbas de caespite,Luc. 4, 414.—
2 Esp.
a To pluck, pull, or tear down or away:
cum pars vellerent vallum, atque in fossas proruerent,Liv. 9, 14, 9; 10, 2, 5:
munimenta,id. 2, 25, 3.—
b To pluck, pull, pick, or gather fruit, etc.:
modo nata malā vellere poma manu,Tib. 3, 5, 20.—
c To pull, twitch, etc.:
aurem,Verg. E. 6, 4; cf. id. Cop. 38; Calp. Ecl. 4, 155; Amm. 22, 3, 12:
vellere coepi Et prensare manu lentissima bracchia,Hor. S. 1, 9, 63:
latus digitis,Ov. A. A. 1, 606.—
d To be plucked or pulled, i. e. to have the hair pulled out by the roots:
circa corporis curam morosior, ut non solum tonderetur diligenter ac raderetur, sed velleretur etiam,Suet. Caes. 45.—
II Trop., to tear, torment:
sed mea secreto velluntur pectora morsu,Stat. S. 5, 2, 3.—Hence, P. a.: vulsus (volsus), a, um.
A Lit., shorn, plucked, smooth, beardless, hairless:
istum gallum Glabriorem reddes mihi quam volsus ludiust,Plaut. Aul. 2, 9, 6:
vulsi levatique et inustas comas acu comentes,Quint. 2, 5, 12:
corpus vulsum,id. 5, 9, 14:
eadem (corpora) si quis vulsa atque fucata muliebriter comat,id. 8, prooem. 19:
nepos,Prop. 4 (5), 8, 23.—
2 Trop., effeminate:
mens,Mart. 2, 36, 6.—
B Suffering convulsions, spasmodic, Plin. 21, 19, 74, § 126; 23, 1, 16, § 25.