VEH 
VEL 
VEL 
seem to have been in use for vehere), 
onis, f. a carrying. Cud. Tkcod. 
VEHkLX (veho), as, f. a vehicle, carnage. 
3 Capit.olin. in Maximin. 13. (Others read 
v ehiculis.) . . 
VEHEMENS (probably from ve & mens), 
tis, adj. vehement , impetuous, intense, 
violent, hot, ardent, fierce, severe ; great, 
stronu, forcible, very efficacious, oeivos, 
ojodoos. Terent. Vehemens in utram- 
que ' partem es minis, aut largitate 
nimia, aut parsimonia. Ctc. Galba in 
meditando vehemens atque incensus. 
Id. Nimium es vehemens feroxque 
liatura. Id. Veliemens in alios. IIo- 
rat. lupus. Pluedr. canis, angry, fan- 
incensed. Cic. senatuseonsultum, 
in strong terms, sharp, severe. Cato. 
Brassica vehementissima, very powerful 
or efficacious. Scribon. Larg. Mertica- 
mentum vehementius. Lucret. nnber, 
heavy, violent. Auct.JB. Hisp. ventus, 
hinh, strong, boisterous. Hirt. Inga. 
Jav. I’ilum hand paulo, quam hasta, 
vehementius telum. Colum. Vitis ve- 
hementioribus statuminibus impedanda 
est h. e. validioribus. Plin. Vehemen- 
tior capitis dolor. Id. Vehementior 
fmoruin, aut calorum vis, more intense. 
PL Vehementior somnus lethargicos 
premit. Colum. Vehemens vitis, luxu¬ 
riant, exuberant. Terent. Ne Inec qui- 
dem satis vehemens causa ad objurgan- 
dum, a motive sufficiently strong, power¬ 
ful or forcible. Id. maledictum, heavy. 
_IX The first two syllables vehe are 
also contracted by the poets into a sin¬ 
gle loner syllable. 
VEHEMENTER (vehemens), adv. vehe¬ 
mently, impetuously, ardently, mightily, 
eacrerly, strongly, forcibly, strenuously, 
very much, exceedingly, extremely, ayav, 
ctpbopa, Set i/tot. Cic. Vehementer me 
agere fateor. Cces. Vehementius per- 
turbare mentes hominum. Id. Vehe¬ 
mentius incitare equos. Id. Instare de 
induciis, vehementissimeque conten¬ 
dere. Hirt. Vehementissime prmliari. 
Cic. Vehementissime se exercere in 
aliqua re. Id. Hoc te vehementer eti- 
am atque etiam rogo. Ccel. ad Cic. Hffic 
res vehementer ad me pertinet. Ctc. 
Vehementissime displicet. — Also, 
sharply,, severely, harshly. Cass. Vehe- 
menter incusare aliquem. Cic. Vehe¬ 
mentius ininari alicui. Id. dumtum 
puerum accepi vehementer. 
VEHEMeNTeSCS (Id.), is, n. 3. to be¬ 
lt come vehement or strong. Ccel. Aurel. 
VEHEMENTIX (Id.), re, f. vehemence, 
2 strength, force, oiboSpSrris, deivOTyq. 
Plin° odoris. Id. sapons. Id. vim, 
strength. Id. linteorum strigihimque, 
h. e. vehemens usus. Id. venarum, h. e. 
a stroller and rapid pulsation. — Of per¬ 
sons. Gell. Vehementia Gracchi, h. e. 
vehemence in speaking. 
VEHENS, tis. See Veho. 
VEHeS, and VEHIS (veho), is, f. a ivag- 
2 on-load or cart-load of any thing, the 
wacron and its load. Colum. stercoris. 
Plin. Amplitudinem cav.is earn fecisse 
proditur, ut vehem foeni large onustam 
transmitteret, a load of hay. Id. finfit. 
Id. Lapis, magnitudine vehis, h.e. big 
enough to load a wagon. Cod. Theod. 
Nongentarum vehum sarcina. — \ ehes 
materiie, a load, h. e. quantum una ope¬ 
ra ab uno dolari potest. Colum. 
VEHICOLaRIS (vehiculum), e, adj. per- 
3 taining to carriages or conveyance. Pan¬ 
dect. cursus, h. e. the post. 
VEHICCLaRIOS (id.), a, um, adj. of or 
3 pertaining to carriages. Capitolin. fabri¬ 
cator, h. c. a maker thereof. Id. cursus, 
li. e. the post. 
VEHrCOLUM (veho), \, n. whatever car¬ 
ries, any carriage, vehicle, 6\W a - 
IT By water, a vessel, ship. Cic. Argo- 
nautarum. - IT By land, a carnage, 
wacron, cart, car, chariot, appa, °Xnpa. 
Cic. Vehicula thensarum. Tacit. Vehi¬ 
culum, quo purgamenta hortorum enpi- 
untur. Sucton. meritoria. Cic. tri- 
umphalia. Liv. Juncto velnculo vein, 
h. c. a jumentis tracto. Plin. Paneg. 
Nullus in exigendis vehiculis tumultus, 
sc with which the provinces were 
hound to furnish the emperor, when 
departing on an expedition. 
YEHTS. See Vehcs 
VEH5 (uric.), is, xi, ctum, a. 3. to carry, 
convey, bear, on the shoulders, in a ve¬ 
hicle, oil a horse, by water, &c. (3ao- 
Tixlio, o%£(o. -V On the shoulders; of 
men. Plaut. Habeo homines clitella- 
rios: quidquid imponas, vehunt. IIo- 
rat. Reticulum panis onusto liumero 
vehere. Senec. Siculi juvenes vexe- 
runt parentes suos. — So, also, of 
beasts, on the back. Cic. Ille taurus, 
qui vexit Europam. Ilorat. (Equus) 
dominum vehet. Sometimes, also, to 
draw. Curt. Currum albentes velie- 
bant equi. Liv. Triurnphantem (Ca- 
millum) albi vexere equi. — Also, with¬ 
out accus. Veget. Equus commodius 
vehit, sc. his rider.-IT By water, in 
which case we say, Aqua vehit, navis 
vehit, nauta vehit. Thus, Terent. Nauta 
qui illas vexerat. Virg. duos vehit 
unda. Val. Flacc. Aura vehit, h. e. a 
fair wind bears the ship on. —-— V In a 
vehicle. TibuU. Rusticus vehit uxorem 
plaustro domum.-11 Of other things. 
Ovid. Formica vehit ore cibum. Id. 
Hum crelum Stellas, duin vehet atnnis 
aquas. Horat. duod fugiens hora vexit, 
has carried away. -V Pass. Vehi, to 
be carried, brought, borne, conveyed, or to 
ride, sail, &c. with curru, equis, equo, 
navi, &c. expressed or understood. Cic. 
Curru vehi,* to ride. Id. Vehebatur in 
essedo. Ovid. Vectus es in niveis 
equis, li. c. in a triumphal car drawn by 
white horses. Cic. in navi, to sail. Ov¬ 
id. Rate parva vectus. Propert. ab rate. 
Virg. per aequora. Cic. per urbem, sc. 
curru. Liv. Vehi post se (sc. equo), to 
ride. Cic. in equo. JSTepos. Equo con- 
citato ad hostem vehitur. Ovid. Nyin- 
pha vehitur pisce. Also, of a person 
flying. Tibiill. Volucri vehar penna. 
And of bees. Virg. Trans ffithera vec- 
t;e. — Also is Vehi, to go, proceed, ad¬ 
vance. Cic. Ut animal sex motibus ye- 
heretur, ante, etpone, &c. — Also, with 
a ecus, to go over, traverse, navigate. 
Virg. Troes miseri maria omnia vecti. 
_Particip. Vehens is also used in the 
sense of riding, &c. Cic. duadrigis 
vehens. Gell. Proconsul in equo ve¬ 
hens. 
VeIeNS, j Spp tr.:; 
VEIENTaNUS, &c. 1 , ee ytlu 
VeII [dissyl.], orum, in. a city of Et-runa, 
not far from Rome, of which there is now 
no trace. Liv. - IT Hence, Veiens, 
tis, adj. bcloniring to Veil, Veian. Cic. 
ager. Liv. helium. Id. Veientes, the 
Veians. Also, Cic. Veiens (homo, 
civis). — Also, Veiens, the Vcientian 
district. Plin. -IT Also, Veientanus, 
a, um, adj. of or belonging to Veii, or the 
Veientes, Veian or Vcientian. Martial. 
uva. Id. and Horat. Veientanum, sc. 
vinum.-IT Also, Veientinus, a, urn, 
adj. same as Veientanus. Cic. Veienti- 
na, sc tribus.-- IT Also, Vel-us [tri- 
syl.j, a, um, adj. Veian. Propert. dux, 
h. e. Tolumnius. 
VeJOVIS, is, m. a Roman deity, perhaps 
the yown.«■ or small Jupiter, or Jupiter as 
a child. Ovid. — GcLl. 5, 12, explains it 
differently. 
VeLiS, a, um. See Veil.* 
VEL (unc.), conj. or, i), ijrot, serving to 
disjoin. Cels. Ovum molle vel sorbile. 
_ Also, doubled, Vel — vel, either— or. 
Cces. Se vel persuasuros, vel coacturos. 
Also, Aut — vel, Martial.; or, Vel — 
aut, Cic.; for vel — vel. — Vel, for an, 
or. Cic. Hominem in custodiam tradi- 
dit: sed in publicam, vel in pistrinum, 
non satis exlitteris ejus intelligeye po- 
tuimus, but whether into the public jail, 
or into, &C. Quintal, duairenditm, 
justum ne sit, saerilegium appellari, 
vel furtum, vel amentiam. - IT Also, 
with a copulative force, when it may 
be rendered and. Virg. Silvius HSneas, 
pariter pietate vel armis egregius. Id. 
Terris agitare vel undis Trojanos potu- 
isti. _ Hence, doubled, or repeated 
several times, both — and, alike — 
and, partly — partly. Cic. Cur non 
adsum vel spectator laudum tuarum, 
vel particeps, vel minister consiliorum? 
_If Also, also, even also, even; even, 
if it must be so. Cic. Per me vel stertas 
licet. Id. duamquam turn quidem vel 
aliie qufepiam rationes nobis curas da- 
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rent. Id. Vel illo ipso judice. Sueton. 
Vel piuribus, et per ambitutn verborum 
rem enuntiandam. - IT Also, for ex¬ 
ample, for instance, not to mention others . 
Plaut. Vel quasi egotnet, as I for exam¬ 
ple. Cic. Suaves tuas accipio litteras : 
vel quas proxime acceperam, quam 
prudentes ! Terent. Quam paucos re- 
perias fideles evenire amatores! Vel 
hie Pamphilus jurabat, &c.-IT With 
the supcrl. for quam, longe, priecipue, 
cum primis, &c. consequently increas¬ 
ing its force. Ctc. Fructum vel maxi¬ 
mum cepi, exceedingly great,, extremely 
great, the greatest. Liv. Vel maxima 
apud regem auctoritas. (:.c. Senator 
vel tenuissimus. Id. Ubi vel maxime, 
h. c. very greatly indeed. And often, 
Vel maxime, for quam maxime Ctc. 
VELX, se, f. with the Gauls, the pla.t 
called by the Greeks erysimon. Plin. 
VeLaBReNSTS, e, adj. to be found in the 
street Velabrum, belonging thereto. Mar¬ 
tial. Et Velabrensi massa recocta foco, 
h. e. caseus. Id. Non quemcumque fo- 
cum, nec fiunuin caseus omnem, sed 
Velabrensem qui bibit, ille sapit. 
VeLaBRUM, i, n. a street or fiat place at 
Rome, where olive-dealers, cheesemongers, 
&c. had their stand. Horat. 
VeLaMEN (velo), Inis, n. a veil, covering, 
2 band, vestment, garment, Ka\vppa, okc- 
iraaua. Virg. Et circumtextum croceo 
velamen acantho. Ovid. Velamina de- 
ripit ex humeris auro fulgentia. Tacit. 
Velamina (ferarum), skins. Senec. Ne- 
que lectum ei deerit, neque velamen, 
neither a house nor clothes. Juvenal. 
Clari velamen honoris, h. c. vestis in- 
signe magistratus. 
VeLaMeNTUM (Id.), i, n. a covering, 
2 crarment, same as Velamen. .Cels. 
Figur. Senec. Ouasrentes libidinibus 
su?s aliquod velamentuin, a covering, 
cloak, disuuise. — Especially are Vela- 
menta numbered among the badges 
borne by suppliants for peace or mercy, 
and seem to have been all those things 
that they carried in their hands, such as 
the rod of peace (caduceus), the olive- 
branch, the woollen fillets about, the same, 
&c. p [nCTOpia. Ovid, and Liv. 
VeLaRIS (velum), e, adj. pertaining or 
3 belbnirin.fr to sails or curtains. Plin. 
VeLaRKJM (Id.), ii, n. a great cloth 
3 stretched over the theatre or amphitheatre, 
to keep off the sun’s rays; screen, awning. 
Juvenal. .. 
VeLaTS (velatus), adv. as through a veil, 
3 obscurely ; or, in secret, in obscurity. 
Tertull. . . , 
V£L£DA, se, f. a German virgin , who was 
regarded as divine . Tacit. 
VeLES (unc. ; perhaps from volo, are, 
to fly, or from velum, vexillum), ltis, 
m. a raw , lierkt-armed soldier , skirmisher. 
In battle, the Velites were not drawn 
up in rank and file, but commonly skir¬ 
mished in front of the main body, at¬ 
tacking the enemy here and there, ana 
when hard pressed, retiring into the 
vacant spaces of the legion. Ovid. 
Hasta velitis. Titin. ap. Mon. \ eles 
equis recepit se. Liv. Vias patentes 
velitibus complevit. — Hence, figur. 
Cic. Meautem ate, ut scurram velitem, 
malis oneratum esse, h. e. as it were, a 
skirmishing bantercr, a taunter, leaser. 
(In this example, velitem appears to 
be used adjeetivcly; it may, perhaps, 
be properly an adjective, hiving miles 
understood.) . 
VEHIX, ve, f. a town of I.eucama. <-ic. 
and Horat. -IT Also, a hill in Rome. 
y arr _ 1( There was also a town 
Vella in Spain; and perhaps in Latium 
and the Sabine territory. Plin. 
VELIeNSIS, e, adj. in or of the town 
Velia, Velian. Cic. sacerdotes. 
Velienses. the Velians. 
VbLTFER (velum & fero), era, eru , 
3 adj. bearing or carrying sails, lortoWpof- 
Ovid, carina. Val. Place, malum 
Senec. venti. . . . „:i. 
VeLTFICaTIS (velifico), onis, f. a sax 
1 imr, mailing sail, irirams lot ion. 
Id mutata velificatione assequi, bysluj 
inir your sails, by altering your «<«'«*• . 
VeLIFICIUM (vela&facio; or velifico) 
3 ii, n. a sailing with sails. Hygin. 
VeLIFICS (vela&facio), as, avi. atum.. 
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