velum

vēlum, i, n. [root var, to cover; cf. vellus, and v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 459],

• a cloth, covering, awning, curtain, veil: tabernacula carbaseis intenta velis, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30: velis amictos non togis, id. Cat. 2, 10, 22: eadem (i. e. uxor) si quando recito, in proximo, discreta velo, sedet, Plin. Ep. 4, 19, 3.—So of chamber-curtains, hangings, Suet. Claud. 10; Juv. 6, 228; 9, 105: adlevare, Sen. Ep. 80, 1.—Of the awnings stretched over the theatre or other public places as a protection from the sun, Lucr. 4, 75; Prop. 4 (5), 1, 15; Ov. A. A. 1, 103; Inscr. Orell. 2219; Val. Max. 2, 4, 6; cf. Plin. 19, 1, 6, § 23: multis simulationum involucris tegitur et quasi velis quibusdam obtenditur unius cujusque natura, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5, § 15.—
• II Esp., a sail (in good prose usually in plur.).
• • • • • α Plur.: scindere vela, Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 18 (837): ad id, unde aliquis flatus ostenditur, vela do, Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 187: dare, id. Or. 23, 75; Liv. 31, 45, 11; Quint. 10, 3, 7; Hor. C. 1, 34, 4: facere, Cic. Tusc. 4, 4, 9; Verg. A. 5, 281; cf. fieri, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88: pandere, Quint. 6, 1, 52: solvere, Verg. A. 4, 574: deducere, Ov. M. 3, 663: dirigere ad castra Corneliana, Caes. B. C. 2, 25: quo utinam velis passis pervehi liceat! Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 119: contrahere, id. Att. 1, 16, 2; Quint. 12, praef. § 4; Hor. C. 2, 10, 24: subducere, Auct. B. Alex. 45, 3: legere, Verg. G. 1, 373: tendunt vela Noti, id. A. 3, 268: ventis inplere, id. ib. 7, 23: classem velis aptare, id. ib. 3, 472.— Poet., of wings: pennarum, Lucr. 6, 744. —
        • β Sing.: navale velum, Macr. S. 5, 21, 5: in pontum vento secundo, velo passo pervenit, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 45 (369); id. Mil. 4, 8, 7 (1317); id. Ep. 1, 1, 47 (47); Verg. A. 1, 103; 1, 400; Ov. H. 13, 101: pleno concita velo puppis, id. M. 7, 491; 11, 483 al.—
      • b Prov.: remis velisque, with oars and sails, i.e. with tooth and nail, with might and main: res velis, ut ita dicam, remisque fugienda, Cic. Tusc. 3, 11, 25; cf.: remigio veloque quantum potis es festina et fuge, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 5 (157) (cf. the similar phrase, remis ventisque, sub remus); cf.: non agimur tumidis velis, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 201: plenissimis velis navigare, Cic. Dom. 10, 24.—
  • B Trop.: utrum panderem vela orationis statim, an, etc., Cic. Tusc. 4, 5, 9: dare vela Famae, Mart. 8, 70, 6: voti contrahe vela tui, Ov. P. 1, 8, 72: velis majoribus, with more zeal, id. A. A. 2, 725; id. F. 2, 3: in quo tu ingenii simul dolorisque velis latissime vectus es, Plin. Ep. 4, 20, 2: dedimus vela indignationi, dedimus irae, id. ib. 6, 33, 10: pande vela, ac, si quando alias, toto ingenio vehere, id. ib. 8, 4, 5.

1. vēlum, ī, n. (statt *vēx-lum, wovon auch das Demin. vexillum; zu veho, vexi), das Segel, I) eig.: navale velum, Macr. sat. 5, 21, 5: antemnis subnectere totum velum, Ov.: Sing. kollekt., velo et remige portus intrat, Ov. – gew. im Plur., exposita ad navigandum vela, Hieron.: vela dare, die Segel spannen, absegeln, Liv., Verg. u. Ov.: u. so vela dare rati, Ov.: vela dare ventis od. notis, Ov.: vela dare in altum, absegeln, Liv. u. Verg.: vela dare ad Hypsipiles patriam, segeln, Ov.: parva Tyrrhenum per aequor vela dare, Hor.: vela facere, die Segel aufspannen (mit vollem Winde fahren), Verg. Aen. 5, 281 (vgl. unten im Bilde): ebenso dirigere vela ad alqm locum, Caes.: velis profugere, mit Hilfe der Segel, Auct. b. Alex.: vela parare, zur Flucht rüsten, Ov.: vela cadunt, s. cado(Bd. 1. S. 889). – im Bilde, dare vela ad id, unde aliquis status ostenditur, Cic.: ebenso vela facere, die Segel aufspannen (mit vollem Winde fahren), d.i. in der Rede rasch vorwärts schreiten, Cic. Tusc. 4, 9: pandere vela orationis, gleichsam die Segel der Rede ausspannen, d.i. dem Strome seiner Rede folgen, Cic. Tusc. 4, 9: vela contrahere, Cic. u. Hor. (und so voti quaeso contrahe vela tui, Ov.): vela dare ingenio, Ov., famae, Mart.: per omne aevi tempus plenis gloriae velis feretur, Val. Max. 3, 7. ext. 1. – Sprichw., s. 1. rēmusu. remigium. – II) meton., das Schiff, Plur. von mehreren, reditura vela tenebat eurus, Ov. met. 7, 664: v. einem, non habent mea vela recursus, Ov. met. 9, 594.

2. vēlum, ī, n. (zu Wz. *weg-, weben), Hülle, Tuch, Plane, Vorhang, tabernacula carbaseis intenta velis, Cic.: velis amicti, non togis, mit allzuweitem Umwurfe, von weichlichen und zierlichen Männern, Cic. – v. Vorhängen, uxor discreta velo, Plin. ep.: praetenta foribus vela, Suet.: erat sollicitus, si (ob) vela semper in ostiis, Hieron. – forum velis inumbrare, Plin.: u. so v. den Tüchern, die zum Schutze gegen die Sonnenhitze über das Theater ausgespannt wurden, Lucr. 4, 73. Prop. 4, 1, 15. Val. Max. 2, 4, 6.

velum [CL] 1 sail (of ship, also in fig. context); b (as ship's means of propulsion, esp. contrasted w. rowing); c (representing ship or act of sailing, esp. w. ref. to direction). alii transmarinas petebant regiones cum ululatu magno ceu celeumatis vice hoc modo sub ~orum sinibus cantantes Gildas EB 25; c790 paupertas haec humilitatis gubernaculo regatur, et caritatis ~o, flante Sancto Spiritu in eum, ad aeternae beatitudinis portum perveniet Alcuin Ep. 53; carpebant placita libratis aequora velis Frith. 1126; adorato sancto sepulchro honore sancti, plenis ~is venimus ad insulam quae Xindacopo vocatur Sæwulf 61; pleno cum patre recedunt naute ~o Map NC IV 9 f. 51v; 1378 precipuerunt ex parte dicti domini regis homines in dicta navi existentes ut ~um suum deponerent prout consuetudo maris est IMisc 220/7 m. 3; 1421 de Laurentio Scotyll' pro iij barellis tarre ‥ j parv' cable, c libris fili pro ~is EEC 505.  b alis remorum remigumque brachiis ac ~is vento sinuatis vecti Gildas EB 16; secundis ~is, omine auguriisque, quibus vaticinabatur, certo apud eum praesagio quod ter centum annis patriam cui proras librabat insideret Ib. 23; tanta ingruit tamque fera tempestatis hiems ut neque ~o neque remigio quicquam proficere ‥ valeremus Bede HE V 1; dum properas portum velis hucusque secundis Alcuin SS Ebor 1570; ~o pariter et remo Bald. Cant. Sacr. Alt. 730C; currens semper ad occasum velo, vento, remige (Brendanus vers.) VSH II 293; 1368 injunctum est Nicholao F. quod impignorari faciat ‥ omnes alios qui applicant cum ~is super solum Domini Hal. Durh. 75.  c valedicentes ‥ arvis genitalibus ‥ fortune ~a committunt, placidoque ventorum favore tribus longis navibus ‥ Britanniam allabuntur W. Malm. GR I 5; ab Eduino et Morcardo ‥ de provintia pulsus versus Scottiam ~a convertit Ib. II 228; prima ‥ vigilia gelide noctis Austro ~a dedit, et mane portum oppositi littoris ‥ prosperrimo cursu arripuit Ord. Vit. IV 4 p. 178; Murchardi filius, ~is sulcantibus equor, ventoque ad vota spirante, ad Anglorum regem ‥ accessit Gir. EH I 1; aut si pietatis operibus juxta Reimundi sentenciam potius indulgere dignum duxerimus, reversis ~is plebi miserabili patriam et patrimonia relinquamus Ib. I 15. 2 sail (of windmill). b (transf.) part of a clock. 1211 in xxxiiij ulnis de kanebo ad ~a molendini Pipe Wint. 131; 1235 ballivi Norwici et communa ejusdem ville ceperant ~a cujusdam molendini sui ad ventum extra villam SelCWW 22; 1304 in meremio prosternando ad veles molendini (Ac. Adisham) DCCant.; 1319 in iij ligaminibus ferr' emptis pro j virga ~orum ejusdem molendini fracta ligand' MinAc 992/10 m. 2; 1322 in j virga de alno pro ~o molendini ventr' Ib. 1145/21 m. 2; s1297 contigit ut molendino cuidam quod vento agebatur ‥ appropinquaret, ejus [v. l. cujus] equus strepitu ~orum citacius circumactorum a vento territus ‥ propugnacula transilivit Trevet Ann. 359.  b 1427 in denariis solutis Thome Clokmaker pro emendacione cujusdam ~i defracti orelogio predicto pertinentis, viij s. KR Ac 514/16. 3 banner, flag. si petas quod ponatur in domo tua ~um regium vel scutum armis regiis depictum vel signum quodcumque regium, dico quod hoc est tibi concedendum Upton 87. 4 curtain, piece of cloth used as screen (esp. for sacred place, object, or sim.); b (fig.). c (~um hyalinum) glass window. unde et moriendo in cruce ~um templi discidit atque ea quae tecta fuerant archana sanctorum patefecit Bede Tab. 422C; impositis sibi ~orum sive tentoriorum funibus sic ea levantes a terra suspenderent Ib. 462B; extenso ~o inter eos et populum Egb. Pont. 45; inque Dei domibus multa ornamenta paravit. / illas argento, gemmis vestivit et auro, / serica suspendens peregrinis vela figuris Alcuin SS Ebor 1267; 833 (15c) offero ‥ in ecclesiae sanctissimae ornamentum ~um meum aureum quo inciditur excidium Trojae in meo anniversario si placuerit in parietibus suspendendum CS 409; pergant ad locum in quo balnea praeparantur, ibique exuentes vestimenta sua sic ordinate ut in dormitorio facere consueverunt, intrent unusquisque ubi ei fuit demonstratum et, deposito ~o quod ante eos pendet, sedeat cum silentio Lanfr. Const. 92; sed secundum Hebreos extra ~um erat altare et vicissim ministrabant sacerdotes et incensum offerebant Andr. S. Vict. Hept. 176; ut sciamus etiam quod in hoc exilio negatur nobis visio Dei, oppanditur ~um inter nos et sancta sanctorum Ailr. Inst. Inclus. 11; 1222 item ~um unum de serico quadragesimale, item ~um unum de serico supra sepulchrum, item ~um unum de serico supra fontes Reg. S. Osm. II 131; c1223 confessiones ‥ mulierum audiantur extra ~um et in propatulo quantum ad visum, non quantum ad auditum Ch. Sal. 141; a1300 parochiani tenentur invenire ‥ honestum ~um quadragesimale Reg. S. Aug. 357.  b sed videamus quid illo intra ~um coelestis altitudinis morante, quid discipuli in navicula patiebantur? Alcuin Exeg. 825A.  c nec minus approperant opicizi emblemata proni, / arcus incultos hialino claudere velo Frith. 449. 5 garment worn to screen the body, esp. the head or face, veil; b (of nun, also transf., of state of being a nun). c shroud. lodix, vestis linea, que velus dicitur Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 328; Ethna quoque mons ignem eructavit ‥ tunc pagani ~um virginis contra ignem expanderunt, et flamme incendii statim cessaverunt Hon. Spec. Eccl. 862B; 1287 sint supperpellicia duo et unum rochetum, velum quadragesimale, ~um nuptiale, palla mortuorum (Stat. Exon.) Conc. Syn. II 1005; 1342 ~um nuptiale et pallium mortuorum insufficiens Vis. Totnes 110; 1342 ~um nupciale deficit, vas ad incensum deficit Ib. 112.  b post modicum sacro gaudebat condita velo Frith. 881; productis testibus qui eam jurarent sine professione causa procorum ~um gessisse W. Malm. GR V 418; fratres ‥ Ramesie concesserunt eidem Lefsio monachatum et matri pueri ~um in Ramesia Chr. Rams. 153; desperata est ‥ de curatione pedis ‥ et dixit pedem nigrum esses ad similitudinem ~i sui Canon. G. Sempr. f. 149v; licet ‥ habitum cum ~o non assumpserit mulier ‥ tamen ‥ sponso Christo indissolubiliter copulatur M. Par. Maj. III 487; tibi ‥ committimus potestatem ‥ vocem, stallum, ~um, griseam tunicam obedientiamque ‥ reddendi Form. S. Andr. I 317.  c c1104 si certum mortis periculum ‥ senseritis imminere, prius vos Deo omnino reddatis quam de hac vita exeatis; et ad hoc ~um semper paratum secrete penes vos habeatis Anselm (Ep. 325) V 257. 6 sort of cloth, perh. sail-cloth. 1331 Johannes Martyn vj ruellas ~i di. balam cordwane pr. iiij li. x s. EEC 412; 13‥ debet ‥ wiscare duas clatas de falda prioris et colligare wiscas et culmina, et prior ~a et genestum Cart. S. Denys Southampt. II 213. 7 parchment, vellum (cf. AN velim). manum quoque ad recte scribendum reddit idoneam, acuit et visum, ut ei paries litterae densioris, aut ~um multipliciter elaboratum obstare non possit J. Sal. Met. 852A. 8 (~um Aureum, as place name) Velabrum (district of Rome between the Capitol and the Palatine). 1258 rex P. Sancti Georgii ad ~um Aureum diacono cardinali salutem Cl 324.

1 vēlum, (8) ī, n. (p. *vexlum, cf. vexillum ; veho ), ¶ 1 voile de navire ; surt. au pl. : vela dare Cic. Or. 75 ; facere Cic. Tusc. 4, 9, mettre à la voile ; vela fieri imperavit Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 88, il commanda quʼon mît à la voile : vela dirigere Cæs. *C. 2, 25, diriger sa course || [fig.] vela orationis pandere Cic. Tusc. 4, 9, déployer les voiles dʼune dissertation, entrer à pleines voiles dans un exposé ; vela contrahere Cic. Att. 1, 16, 2, caler, plier les voiles, sʼarrêter ; vela dare ad... Cic. de Or. 2, 187, faire voile sur un point, se diriger vers ; remigio veloque fugere Pl. As. 157, fuir à la rame et à la voile = à toutes jambes || sing., Pl. Mil. 1317, etc. ; Virg. En. 1, 103 ; 1, 400 ; Ov. M. 7, 491, etc. ¶ 2 [poét.] = navire : Ov. M. 7, 664 ; 9, 594.

2 vēlum, ī, n. (*veslum, cf. vestis ), voile, toile, tenture, rideau : Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 30 ; velis amicti, non togis Cic. Cat. 2, 22, vêtus de voiles, non de toges || voile tendu au-dessus dʼun théâtre [contre le soleil] : Lucr. 4, 75 ; Prop. 4, 1, 15 ; Ov. Ars 1, 103 ; Val. Max. 2, 4, 6 || voile pour cacher à la vue : Plin. Min. Ep. 4, 19, 3 ; [fig.] Cic. Q. 1, 1, 15.

velum , i. n.
帆。蓬。帳。帷。門簾。Vela facere vel pandere vel dare vel solvere 揚帆。Vela ventis dare vel permittere vel explicare 起帆開船。Vela trahere vel legere vel substringere 收帆。Vela contrahere vel demittere vel subducere 下帆。Plenissimis velis navigare vel provehi 全軌渡。Velum antennis subnectere 收帆。Dare vela retrorsum 退渡。Dare vela suae famae (dat.) 大出名。Velis remisque vel velis equisque 盡心竭力。Velis obtendere id 遮掩此事。

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vēlum ī, n

• VAG-, that which propels, a sail: procella Velum ferit, V.: pleno concita velo puppis, O.: ad id, unde aliquis flatus ostenditur, vela do, make sail: retrorsum Vela dare, H.: Solvite vela citi, set sail, V.: deducere, O.: traducere ad castra Corneliana, Cs.: Tendunt vela noti, V.: Neptunus ventis inplevit vela secundis, V.— Prov.: res velis, ut ita dicam, remisque fugienda, i. e. with might and main: Non agimur tumidis velis, with full sails, i. e. in perfect prosperity, H.: plenissimis velis navigare.—Fig., impelling power, vigor, energy: utrum panderem vela orationis statim, an, etc.: velis maioribus, with more zeal, O.—A cloth, covering, awning, curtain, veil: tabernacula carbaseis intenta velis: pendentia Vela domūs, hangings, Iu.: neque marmoreo pendebant vela theatro, awnings(cf. velarium), O.: sinuosa vela, Pr.

Velum

(1) (ἱστίον). A sail, especially the large square mainsail, as distinguished from the foresail (dolon) and the topsail (supparum). (See navis.)

(2) (παραπέτασμα). A curtain hung before the door of a house like a modern portière-curtain. The name is also applied to any other curtain, as a window-curtain or the curtain at a theatre. See theatrum.