ve
1 VOL-, conj enclit., or, or if you will, or as you please: quid tu es tristis? quidve es alacris? T.: telum tormentumve, Cs.: albus aterve fuerit, ignoras: Ne quid plus minusve faxit, T.: alter ambove, etc.: si decretumque, ut consules sortirentur conpararentve inter se, uter, etc., L.
With a negat. expressed or implied, and (cf.-que). num leges nostras moresve novit?; see also neve.
Repeated, either . . . or (poet.): nec quod fuimusve sumusve, Cras erimus, O.: Nullaque laudetur plusve minusve mihi, O.: cf. regnave aut animos (canere), Pr.

vecordia
ae, f vecors, want of reason, senselessness, silliness, folly, madness, insanity: Tanta, T.: in facie voltuque vecordia inerat, S.: quae te vecordia pulsat? O.

vecors
cordis, adj. with sup. ve+cor, destitute of reason, senseless, silly, foolish, mad, insane: cor . . . ex quo excordes, vaecordes concordesque dicuntur: vecors de tribunali decurrit, in a frenzy, L.: scribet mala carmina vecors, H.: istius vaecordissimi mens.

vectigal
ālis, n VAG-, a payment to the state, revenue, toll, tax, impost, excise, duty, tribute: neque ex portu vectigal conservari potest: vectigalia parvo pretio redempta, Cs.
A payment to a magistrate, contribution to a governor, honorarium: praetorium: aedilicium, the contribution of a province to the games held by an aedile.
Private income, revenue, rents: ex meo tenui vectigali: parva Vectigalia porrigam, etc., H.
Prov.: quam magnum vectigal sit Parsimonia.

vectigalis
e, adj. vectigal, of imposts, of taxes: pecunia, i. e. tribute: equos vectigalīs tradere, which the state had received as tribute.
Paying tribute, subject to imposts, tributary: civitas: hos Suevi . . . vectigales sibi fecerunt, Cs.: vectigalis et servus populi R., L.

vectio
ōnis, f veho, a carrying, conveyance: quadrupedum vectiones.

vectis
is, m VAG-, a strong pole, bar, lever: saxa vectibus promovent, Cs.: qui vectes? quae machinae?
A crow, crow-bar: in medium huc agmen cum vecti, T.: signum vectibus labefactare: hic ponite vectīs et arcūs, H.: Vecte in pectus adacto, O.
A bar, bolt: domi: Centum aerei claudunt vectes (Belli portas), V.

vecto
—, —, āre, freq. veho, to bear, carry, convey: ut carpentis per urbem vectemur, ride, L.: plaustris ornos, V.: Vectabor umeris, H.: vectari equis, to ride, O.

vector
ōris, m VAG-, one who bears, a bearer, carrier: Sileni (asellus), O.
One who rides, a rider, traveller, passenger: gubernatores in tempestatibus a vectoribus admoneri solent: Cedet mari vector, V.: vector equum regit, horseman, O.

vectorius
adj. vector, of carrying, for transport: navigia, Cs.

vectura
ae, f VAG-, a bearing, carriage, conveyance, transportation: vecturae difficultas<*> pro vecturā solvere, for the transportation: sine vecturae periculo, of transportation by sea: vecturae imperabantur, transportation, Cs.

vectus
P. of veho.

veemens
see vehemens.

vegetus
adj. VEG-, enlivened, lively, animated, vigorous, active, brisk, sprightly: te vegetum nobis in Graeciā siste: fessi cum vegetis pugnabant, L.: vegetus praescripta ad munia surgit, H.
Fig.: mens: ingenium, L.

vegrandis
e, adj., little, diminutive: farra, O.

vehemens
(veemēns, vēmēns, Ct., H.), entis, adj.with comp.
Of living beings, eager, violent, furious, impetuous, ardent, vehement: in utramque partem, T.: accusator: vehemens in alios: salibus, lively with witticisms, Iu.: lupus, H.
Fig., of things, active, vigorous, strong, forcible, effective: pilum . . . vehementius ictu missuque telum, L.: incitatio: senatūs consultum: causa ad obiurgandum, T.

vehementer
adv. with comp. and sup. vehemens, eagerly, impetuously, ardently, violently, earnestly, vehemently: vos credere hoc mihi vementer velim, T.: quae vehementer fiunt: eos incusavit, Cs.: in aliquem invehi vehementius: vehementius homini minatus sum: vehementissime contendere, Cs.: vehementissime sibi animum ad virtutem adcendi, S.
Fig., strongly, forcibly, exceedingly, extremely, very much: vehementer id retinebatur: ingemere vehementius: vehementissime se in his dictionibus exercere.

vehiculum
ī, n VAG-, a means of transport, carriage, conveyance, vehicle: iunctum, i. e. drawn by a span, L.: frumento onustum, L.: vehicula tensarum, wagons: furtorum vehiculum comparare, a ship to carry, etc.

veho
vexī, vectus, ere VAG-, to bear, carry, convey, draw: Reticulum panis onusto umero, H.: ore cibum, O.: Europam: cum triumphantem (Camillum) albi per urbem vexerant equi, L.: Quod fugiens semel hora vexit, has brought, H.: visus est in somnis curru quadrigarum vehi, to ride: curru vectus, O.: in navibus vehi, to sail: in niveis victor equis, O.: apes liquidum trans aethera vectae, borne, V.: ventis maria omnia vecti, carried over, V.: temere in pericula vectus, rushing, Cu.: vecta spolia, captivi, borne in triumph, Ta.
P. praes. intrans.: adulescentia per medias laudes quasi quadrigis vehens (i. e. vecta).

Veientanus
adj. of Veii, Veientian, L.
As subst n. (sc. vinum), an inferior wine, H.

Veiovis
is, m 2 ve+Iovis, Little Jupiter, Anti-Jove, an ancient god of vengeance, identified with Apollo, and with the Jupiter of the lower world, C., O.; also with the infant Jupiter, O.

vel
conj. old imper. of volo, choose, take your choice, or if you will, or as you prefer, or at least, or what is the same thing, or else, or: orabant (sc. Ubii), ut sibi auxilium ferret . . . vel . . . exercitum modo Rhenum transportaret, or at least, Cs.: eius modi coniunctionem tectorum oppidum vel urbem appellaverunt: in ardore caelesti, qui aether vel caelum nominatur.
Poet.: Aeneas pariter pietate vel armis Egregius, i. e. whether you consider, etc., V.
Esp., correcting what precedes; with potius, or rather, or more exactly: ex hoc populo indomito vel potius inmani: cessit auctoritati amplissimi viri vel potius paruit: ludorum plausūs vel testimonia potius: tu certe numquam in hoc ordine vel potius numquam in hac urbe mansisses.
With etiam, or even: laudanda est vel etiam amanda vicinitas: si tantum auxilia, vel si etiam filium misisset.
Praegn., or rather, or even: regnum occupare conatus est, vel regnavit is quidem paucos mensīs, or even: Capua ab duce eorum Capye, vel, quod propius vero est, a campestri agro appellata, L.
In an exclusive opposition, or in the opposite case, or: id autem nec nasci potest nec mori, vel concidat omne caelum necesse est.
As co-ordinate, repeated, either . . . or, whether . . . or, be it . . . or, both . . . and (when the alternatives are indifferent or mutually consistent): Allobrogibus sese vel persuasuros . . . existimabant, vel vi coacturos, ut, etc., Cs.: maximum virtutis vel documentum, vel officium: animus vel bello vel paci paratus, L.: nihil illo fuisset excellentius vel in vitiis vel in virtutibus, N.
After aut, with subordinate alternatives: habere ea, quae secundum naturam sint, vel omnia vel plurima et maxima, all or at least the most important.
More than twice, whether . . . or . . . or: hance tu mihi vel vi vel clam vel precario Fac tradas, T.: vel quod ita vivit vel quod ita rem p. gerit vel quod ita factus est.
The last vel is often strengthened by etiam: quae vel ad usum vitae vel etiam ad ipsam rem p. conferre possumus, or even: in mediocribus vel studiis vel officiis, vel vero etiam negotiis.
After neque, nor: neque satis Bruto . . . vel tribunis militum constabat, quid agerent, Cs.
Followed by aut, or . . . or (late): ubi regnat Protogenes aliquis vel Diphilus aut Erimarchus, Iu.

vel
adv. 1 vel, or even, if you will, or indeed, even, assuredly, certainly: vel rex semper maxumas Mihi agebat gratias, T.: sed tamen vel regnum malo quam liberum populum: Vel Priamo miseranda manus, V.: ego vel Prochytam praepono Suburae, Iu.: populus R. suam auctoritatem vel contra omnīs possit defendere: timebant ne Romana plebs . . . vel cum servitute pacem acciperet, even if it should bring slavery, Cs.: existiment quod velint, ac vel hoc intellegant: quae non modo summa bona, sed nimirum audebo vel sola dicere: hoc ascensu vel tres armati quamlibet multitudinem arcuerint, L.: a plerisque vel dicam ab omnibus, I may even say.
With sup. of adj. or adv, perhaps, it may be, if you will: adulescens vel potentissimus nostrae civitatis: domus vel optima Messanae, notissima quidem certe, i. e. the most famous, if not the finest.
Intensive, the very, the utmost, the most . . . possible: hoc in genere nervorum vel minimum, suavitatis autem est vel plurimum, the very least . . . the utmost possible: vel extremo spiritu experiri, etc., with his very latest breath: cuius (sc. Hannibalis) eo tempore vel maxima apud regem auctoritas erat, L.: peculatus vel acerrime vindicandus, with the utmost severity.
Introducing a single instance, for instance, for example, as for example, in particular, especially: Vel heri in vino quam inmodestus fuisti, T.: sed suavīs accipio litteras, vel quas proxime acceperam, quam prudentīs!: est tibi ex his ipsis qui adsunt bella copia, vel ut a te ipso ordiare, i. e. especially if you begin with yourself.

Velabrum
ī, na street of Rome on the Aventine Mount, frequented by dealers in oil and cheese, H.
Plur. (poet.), O.

velamen
inis, n velo, a cover, covering, clothing, robe, garment, veil: circumtextum acantho, V.: velamina Deripit ex umeris, O.: clari honoris, Iu.: detracta velamina (ferarum) spargunt, etc., i. e. furs, Ta.

velamenta
ōrum, n velo.
As an emblem borne by suppliants, olive-branches wound with woollen fillets: Velamenta manu praetendens supplice, O.: legati cum infulis et velamentis venerunt precantes, L.

velarium
ī, n velum.
In a theatre, an awning, screen (to protect spectators from the sun), Iu.

velati
ōrum, m P. of velo.
In the phrase, accensi velati, supernumeraries held in waiting to take the place of soldiers who may fall.

veles
itis, m 2 VOL-, a light-armed soldier.
Usu. plur, guerrilla troops, irregular bands, skirmishers, L.: a te, ut scurram velitem, malis oneratus, i. e. as a clown among soldiers.

velifer
fera, ferum, adj. velum+1 FER-, sail-bearing: carina, O., Pr.

velificatio
ōnis, f velifico, a making sail, sailing: mutatā velificatione.

velifico
—, —, āre collat. form of velificor, to sail, make sail: per urbanas aquas, Pr.
Pass: velificatus Athos, sailed through, Iu.

velificor
ātus, ārī, dep. velificus, making sail; velum+2 FAC-, to make sail, move under full sail; hence, fig., to be zealous for: honori suo.

velitaris
e, adj. veles, of the velites, of skirmishers: arma, S.: hastae, L.

velites
um, see veles.

velivolans
antis, adj. velum+volo, sail-flying, flying with sails: naves, C. poët.

velivolus
adj. velum+2 VOL-, sail-flying, winged with sails: rates, O.: mare, covered with sails, V., O.

vellico
—, —, āre 2 VEL-, to pluck, twitch, twit, taunt, carp, rail at: in circulis vellicant, maligno dente carpunt: absentem, H.

vello
—, —, ere 2 VEL-, to pluck, pull, tear away, pull out: poma, Tb.: caudae pilos equinae, H.: tot spicula, V.: ut signa, take up, L.: postīs a cardine, V.: capillos a stirpe, Pr.: castris signa, V.: Unguibus herbas, O.: hastam de caespite, V.
To pull down, tear down, destroy: vallum, L.: munimenta, L.
To pull, twitch, pluck: aurem, V.: vellere coepi Et prensare bracchia, H.

vellus
eris, n 1 VEL-, wool shorn off, a fleece: Muricibus Tyriis iteratae vellera lanae, H.: vellera motis trahunt digitis, O.
A sheepskin, pelt, woolly felt: aries nunc vellera siccat, V.: vellera secta, i. e. cut into strips, O.
A hide, pelt: fulvi leonis, O.: cervina, O.
A sheep: cultros in guttura velleris atri Conicit, O.
A tuft, flock: Velleraque ut foliis depectant tenuia Seres, i. e. the flocks of silk, V.
Fleecy clouds: lanae per caelum vellera ferri, V.

velo
āvī, ātus, āre velum, to cover, cover up, enfold, wrap, envelop, veil: capite velato: caput velatum filo, L.: partes tegendas, O.: velatae antemnae, clothed with sails, V.: velatus togā, wrapped, L.: stolā, H.: Tempora tiaris, to encircle, O.: cornua lauro, O.: Palatia sertis, O.: delubra deūm fronde, V.: Velati ramis oleae, V.: Ampycus albenti velatus tempora vittā, O.
Fig., to hide, conceal: odium fallacibus blanditiis, Ta.

velocitas
ātis, f velox, swiftness, fleetness, speed, rapidity, velocity: magna (urorum), Cs.: corporis: in rebus moliendis, Cu.: mali, Ta.

velociter
adv. with comp. and sup. velox, swiftly, quickly, speedily: Consequitur motis velociter ignibus ignes, O.: animus velocius in domum suam pervolabit: velocissime refugere, Cs.

velox
ōcis, adj. with comp. and sup. 1 VOL-, swift, quick, fleet, rapid, speedy: iuvenes, L.: pedites velocissimi, Cs.: cervi, V.: Pes, O.: procella, H.: toxicum, H.: horae, O.: nihil est animo velocius: velox ingenio, Ta.: piger ad poenas princeps, ad praemia velox, O.: Ille velox . . . Desilit in latices (i. e. velociter), O.: cum tuā Velox merce veni, H.: Usu peritus hariolo velocior, Ph.

velum
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.

velut
adv.
In a comparison, even as, just as, like as, like: ne vitam silentio transeant veluti pecora, quae, etc., S.: veluti qui sentibus anguem Pressit, like one who, etc., V.: velut in cantu et fidibus, sic ex corporis totius naturā et figurā varios motūs cieri: cum velut Sagunti excidium Hannibali, sic, etc., L.
Introducing an example, as, for instance, for example: numquam tam male est Siculis, quin aliquid facete et commode dicant; velut in hac re aiebant, etc.
Esp, in a hypothetical comparison, in the phrase, velut si, just as if, just as though, as if, as though: absentis Ariovisti crudelitatem, velut si coram adesset, horrerent, Cs.: patres metus cepit, velut si iam ad portas hostis esset, L.: facies inducitur illis (corporibus mixtis) Una, velut si quis, etc., O.
With abl absol.: cum velut inter pugnae fugaeque consilium trepidante equitatu, L.: velut diis cum patriā relictis, L.
Just as if, as though: Inque sinūs caros, veluti cognosceret, ibat, O.: velut ea res nihil ad religionem pertinuisset, L.

vemens
cf. vehemens.

vena
ae, fa blood-vessel, vein: venae et arteriae: pertundere, Iu.: ferire, V.
An artery: si cui venae sic moventur, is habet febrim: temptatae pollice venae, i. e. the pulses, O.
A watercourse: fecundae aquae, O.
A metallic vein, mine: auri venas invenire: argentum venae secundae, Iu.: venae peioris aevom, i. e. of baser metal, O.
Fig., strength: Deficient inopem venae te, ni, etc., H.: venis fugientibus aeger, O.
Plur, the veins, heart, inmost nature: periculum erit inclusum in venis rei p.
A vein, natural bent, genius, disposition: ingeni benigna, H.: publica (vatis), Iu.

venabulum
ī, n venor, a hunting-spear, C., V., O.

venalicius
adj. venalis, of selling, for sale.
As subst m., a slave-dealer.
As subst n. plur., merchandise, imports and exports: portoria venaliciūm Capuae adscripserunt, L.

venalis
c, adj. venum, of selling, to be sold, for sale, purchasable, venal: horti: possessiones: vox, i. e. of a public crier: Otium non gemmis venale, H.: dixisse Urbem venalem et mature perituram, si, etc., S.
Plur m. as subst, young slaves: de venalibus homines electi: Reticulum panis venalīs inter vehas, H.
Capable of being bribed, purchasable, venal: quae ipse semper habuit venalia, fidem, ius iurandum: iuris dictio: multitudo pretio, L.

venaticus
adj. venatus, of hunting, for hunting-: canis, a hound: catulus, H.

venatio
ōnis, f venor, hunting, the chase, venery: aucupium atque venatio: (Suevi) multum sunt in venationibus, Cs.
A hunting spectacle, hunt, battue, combat of wild beasts: ludorum venationumque apparatu pecunias profundunt.
That which is hunted, game: tam varia et multa, L.

venator
ōris, m venor, a hunter: pernoctant venatores in montibus: manet sub Iove frigido Venator, Cs.: Venator canis, a huntingdog, V.
Fig.: naturae.

venatorius
adj. venator, of a hunter, for the chase: galea, N.

venatrix
īcis, f venator, a huntress: umeris suspenderat arcum Venatrix, V.: Venatrix metu venantum fugit, O., Iu.

venatus
m venor, hunting, the chase.
Only dat. and abl: labor in venatu: gens adsueta Venatu, V.: cum duris venatibus otia misce, O.: nympha venatibus apta, O.

vendibilis
e, adj. with comp. vendo, that may be sold, salable, vendible: via: fundus, H.
Fig., acceptable, agreeable, attractive: ut sint illa vendibiliora, haec uberiora sunt: oratio: puella, O.

venditatio
ōnis, f vendito, a specious display, boasting, vaunting, blazoning: omnia, quae sine venditatione fiunt.

venditator
ōris, m vendito, a boaster, braggart, Ta.

venditio
ōnis, f vendo, a selling, sale, vending: bonorum: hasta venditionis.

vendito
āvī, —, āre, freq. vendo, to keep offering for sale, try to sell: Tusculanum.
Fig., to deal in, make traffic of, sell, give for a bribe: istius omnia decreta, imperia: pacem pretio.
To commend, praise, recommend: obsequium amatori, L.: valde te: quo modo se venditant Caesari? i. e. ingratiate themselves: quod non florentibus se venditavit, N.: per illos se plebi, L.

venditor
ōris, m vendo, a seller, vender: frumenti: vestrae dignitatis, i. e. corrupt magistrates.

venditum
ī, n P. n. of vendo, a sale: iudicia, quae ex empto aut vendito contra fidem fiunt.

vendo
didī (ditus), ere for venumdo; venum +do, to sell, vend: si id, quanti aestimabat, tanti vendidit: quae tu posses vendere HS CC milibus: fanum pecuniā grandi.
Fig., to sell, give for a bribe, yield for pay, betray: te trecentis talentis regi: auro patriam, betray, V.: quanti sua funera vendant, i. e. their lives (of gladiators), Iu.
To cry up, trumpet, blazon, praise: Ligarianam praeclare: poëma, H.: purpura vendit Causidicum, vendunt amethystina, commend, Iu.; see veneo.

venefica
ae, f veneficus, a poisoner, sorceress, witch: Scientior, H.: validos venefica sucos Mergit, etc., O.
As a term of abuse: Quid ais, venefica? T.: veneficam appellare eum virum.

veneficium
ī, n veneficus, a poisoning: qui tuis veneficiis remedia invenit: de veneficiis quaesitum est, L.
Magic, sorcery: id veneficiis Titiniae factum esse dicebat: Quosque veneficiis abstulit illa suis, O.: Esquilinum, H.

veneficus
adj. venenum+2 FAC-, poisoning, poisonous, sorcerous, magic, magical: verba, O.: percussor, Cu.
As subst m., a poisoner, sorcerer, wizard: Mihi res erat cum venefico.

venenatus
adj. P. of veneno, filled with poison, envenomed, poisonous, venomous: dentes, O.: vipera: sagittae, H.: venenatā carne capi.
Bewitched, enchanted, magic: virga, O.
Fig., venomous, bitter: Nulla venenato littera mixta ioco, O.

venenifer
fera, ferum, adj. venenum+1 FER-, containing poison, venomous: palatum, O.

veneno
—, ātus, āre venenum, to poison, injure by slander: mea commoda odio, H.

venenum
ī, na strong potion, juice, drug (old): qui venenum malum fecit: (avaritia) quasi venenis malis imbuta, etc., S.
A destructive potion, poison, venom: ipsius veneni quae ratio fingitur?: mulierem veneno interfecit: herbae nigri cum lacte veneni, V.: utrum, H.
A magical potion, charm: sibi venenis erepta memoria: pallet nostris Aurora venenis, O.: dira Medeae, H.: Thessala, H.
Charm, seduction: Occultum inspires ignem fallasque veneno (i. e. amoris), V.
A coloring material, color, dye, paint: Alba nec Assyrio fucatur lana veneno, V.: Tarentinum, H.
Fig., a mischief, evil, pest, bane: discordia ordinum est venenum urbis huius, L.: vitae, Ct.
Virulence, bitterness: Rupili, H.: lingua suffusa veneno, O.

veneo
(vaeneō; imperf. -ībam), iī (inf. vēnīsse), —, īre venum+eo, as pass. of vendo, to go to sale, be sold: cogis eos plus lucri addere, quam quanti venierant, cum magno venissent: venire omnīs suas possessiones maluit: mancipia venibant: minoris: quia veneat auro Rara avis, H.: ceteri venierunt, Cu.

venerabilis
e, adj. with comp. veneror, worthy of respect, reverend, venerable: venerabilis vir miraculo litterarum . . . venerabilior divinitate matris, L.: dives, H.: donum, V.

venerabundus
adj. veneror, venerating, reverential, with respect: venerabundi templum iniere, L.

venerandus
adj. P. of veneror, to be revered, reverend, venerable: amici, H.

veneratio
ōnis, f veneror, profoundest respect, reverence, veneration: iusta: ingenita illi genti erga reges suos, Cu.: Augusti, Ta.

venerator
ōris, m veneror, one who holds in honor, a reverencer: domūs vestrae, O.

Venerius
adj.,of Venus.
Plur. m. as subst. (sc. servi), the attendants in the temple of Venus Erycina.
Of sexual love, venereal; cf. homo, servant of Venus (implying wantonness).
As subst m. (sc. iactus), in gaming with dice, the Venus-throw.

veneror
ātus, ārī, dep. VAN-, to reverence, worship, adore, revere, venerate: deos: simulacrum in precibus: eos in deorum numero: Larem Farre pio, V.
To revere, do homage to, reverence, honor: secundum deos nomen Romanum, L.: patris memoriam, Ta.: amicos, O.
To ask reverently, beseech, implore, beg, entreat, supplicate: nihil horum, H.: vos precor, veneror . . . uti victoriam prosperetis, etc., L.: Et venerata Ceres ita surgeret, i. e. honored with the prayer that she would spring up, etc., H.: cursūs dabit venerata secundos, V.

venetus
adj., sea-colored, of a marine blue: cucullus, Iu.

venia
ae, f VAN-, indulgence, kindness, grace, favor: ab Iove ceterisque dis pacem ac veniam peto: precor hanc veniam supplici des, ut, etc., L.: Caesar tibi petenti veniam non dedit: da veniam hanc mihi, do me this favor, T.: Extremam hanc oro veniam, this last kindness, V.: cum data esset venia eius diei, indulgence for that day, L.
Esp., in the phrase, bonā veniā, or cum bonā veniā; with audire, kindly, with favor, without prejudice: bonā veniā me audies: cum bonā veniā, quaeso, audiatis id quod invitus dico, L.
With verbs of saying, by your leave, with your permission, without offence, respectfully: nisi vero (bonā veniā huius optimi viri dixerim) tu, etc.: bonā hoc tuā veniā dixerim: bonā veniā vestrā liceat, etc., L.
Permission: veniā petitā puerum ad canendum ante tibicinem cum statuisset, L.: datā veniā seducit filiam ac nutricem, L.
Forbearance, forgiveness, pardon, remission: errati veniam impetrare: pacem veniamque impetrare a victoribus, L.: maximorum scelerum: veniam tuis dictis Supplice voce roga, O.: peccatis veniam poscens, H.

venio
(imperf. venībat, T.; P. praes. gen. plur. venientūm, V.), vēnī, ventus, īre BA-, to come: imus, venimus, Videmus, T.: ut veni ad urbem, etc.: cum venerat ad se, home: Delum Athenis venimus: Italiam fato profugus, Laviniaque venit Litora, V.: novus exercitus domo accitus Etruscis venit, for the Etruscans, L.: Non nos Libycos populare penatīs Venimus, V.: in conspe<*>tum, Cs.: dum tibi litterae meae veniant, reaches you: hereditas unicuique nostrum venit, falls: Lilybaeum venitur, i. e. the parties meet at Lilybaeum: ad me ventum est, ut, etc., it has devolved upon me: (Galli) veniri ad se confestim existimantes, that they would be attacked, Cs.: ventum in insulam est: ubi eo ventum est, on arriving there, Cs.
Fig., to come: contra rem suam me nescio quando venisse questus est, appeared: contra amici summam existimationem, i. e. to strike at: si quid in mentem veniet: tempus victoriae, Cs.: non sumus omnino sine curā venientis anni, for the coming year: veniens in aevom, H.: veniens aetas, the future, O.: cum matronarum ac virginum veniebat in mentem, when I thought of.
With in (rarely ad) and acc. of a condition or relation, to come into, fall into, enter: venisse Germanis (Ambiorigem) in amicitiam, to have obtained the alliance of, Cs.: in calamitatem: in proverbi consuetudinem: ut non solum hostibus in contemptionem Sabinus veniret, sed, etc., had fallen into contempt, Cs.: sese in eius fidem ac potestatem venire, i. e. surrender at discretion, Cs.: in sermonem venisse nemini, i. e. has talked with: veni in eum sermonem, ut dicerem, etc., happened to say: summam in spem per Helvetios regni obtinendi venire, to indulge a confident hope, Cs.: prope secessionem res venit, almost reached the point, L.: ad ultimum dimicationis rati rem venturam, L.: Cum speramus eo rem venturam, ut, etc., H.: saepe in eum locum ventum est, ut, etc., to such a point that, Cs.: ad tuam veniam condicionem, will accept: ad summum fortunae, to attain, H.
With ad, of a topic in speaking, to come to, reach, turn to: a fabulis ad facta: ad recentiores litteras.
To come, spring, arise, be produced, grow, descend: Hic segetes, illic veniunt felicius uvae, i. e. grow, V.: arbores sponte suā, V.
To come, result, occur, happen: in ceteris rebus cum venit calamitas: quod (extremum) cum venit (i. e. mors): si quando similis fortuna venisset, L.

vennuncula
ae, f a kind of grape, H.

venor
(P. gen. plur. vēnantūm, V., O., Ph.), ātus, ārī, dep.,to hunt, chase: qui venari solent: Venatum In nemus ire parant, V.: curvis theatris, O.: Venantūm voces, of huniers, Ph.: canibus leporem, V.
Fig., to hunt after, seek, pursue: ventosae plebis suffragia, H.: oculis viros, Ph.

venter
tris, mthe belly, paunch: quasi (fabā) mens, non venter infletur: inanis, stomach, H.: iratum ventrem placare, i. e. appetite, H.: dediti ventri, S.: magno Servorum ventres, i. e. the support of slaves, Iu.
The womb: sua conplevit tempora venter, O.: homines in ventre necandos Conducit, Iu.
In the phrase, ventrem ferre, to be pregnant, L.
The unborn child, embryo, foetus: Tuus, H.
A belly, swelling, protuberance: Quo modo . . . Cresceret in ventrem cucumis, V.: lagenae, Iu.

ventilo
—, ātus, āre ventulus, to toss in the air, fan, air: populeas ventilat aura comas, sways, O.: digitis aurum, i. e. displays, Iu.: facem, Pr.
Fig.: cuius linguā quasi flabello seditionis contio ventilata, i. e. is incited.

ventito
āvī, —, āre, freq. venio, to come often, be wont to come, keep coming, resort: ad Ambiorigem, Cs.: domum meam.

ventosus
adj. with comp. and sup. ventus, full of wind, windy: folles, V.: mare, H.: Alpes, O.: cucurbita, i. e. cupping-glass, Iu.: terra ventosior, Ta.: ventosissima regio, L.
Like wind, light, swift, nimble: alae, V.: equi, O.
Fig., light, changeable, inconstant, fickle: homo ventosissimus: Tu levis es multoque tuis ventosior alis (of Cupid), O.: plebs, H.: ingenium, L.: extraordinarium imperium populare atque ventosum est.
Windy, puffed up, vain, conceited: ventoso gloria curru, H.: lingua, V.: ingenium, L.

ventriculus
ī, m dim. venter, the belly, Iu.: cordis, the ventricle.

ventulus
ī, m dim. ventus, a little wind, breeze: Cape flabellum, ventulum facito, T.

ventus
ī, m cf. vannus, wind: (aër) effluens huc et illuc ventos efficit: qui (divi) simul Stravere ventos, H.: remissior, Cs.: prosper, L.: Corus, Cs.
Prov.: Verba dat in ventos, i. e. talks in vain, O.: tristitiam et metūs Tradam ventis, i. e. will throw from me, H.: ventis verba dedisti, hast thrown thy promise to the winds, O.: nec ferre videt sua gaudia ventos, V.
Fig., a wind: quicumque venti erunt, i. e. whatever circumstances may arise: alios ego vidi ventos, i. e. times of trouble: cuius nunc venti valde sunt secundi, i. e. who is now on the high tide of prosperity: vento aliquo in optimum quemque excitato, by raising a storm: ventum popularem esse quaesitum, i. e. popular favor.

venucula
see vennuncula.

venum
nthat which is sold, that which is for sale, sale.
Usu. acc., in phrases with do or eo, vēnum dō, dedī, datus, āre (later as one word, vēnumdō, vēnundō, vaen-), to sell as a slave, sell: multitudo alia civium Campanorum venum data, L.: Numidae puberes interfecti, alii omnes vaenumdati, S.: per commercia venumdati, Ta.: se venum a principibus datos Poeno, L.: venum eo, to be sold, be exposed for sale: ut eius familia ad aedem Cereris venum iret, L.
Dat predic.: stuprum vaeno dedisse, Ta.: posita vaeno inritamenta luxui, Ta.

venuncula
see vennuncula.

venus
eris, f VAN-, loveliness, attractiveness, beauty, grace, elegance, charm: Quo fugit venus? H.: Fabula nullius veneris sine pondere et arte, H.
As a proper name, Venus, goddess of love, C., V., H., O.
Love, sexual love: sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus, T., V., O., Ta.
A love, beloved object, beloved: mea, V.: quae te cumque domat venus, H.
The planet Venus.
Of dice, when each of four dice showed a different number, the best throw, Venus throw (poet. for iactus Venereus), H.

venustas
ātis, f venus, loveliness, comeliness, charm, grace, beauty, elegance, attractiveness: Antiqua tua, your old fascination, T.: corporis.
Artistic grace, fine taste, art: signa eximiā venustate: fastigium illud non venustas sed necessitas ipsa fabricata est.
Elegance, good taste, gracefulness: homo adfluens omni lepore ac venustate: (oratoris est) agere cum venustate: Quis me venustatis plenior? amiability, T.

venustus
adj. with comp. venus.
Of appearance, charming, pleasing, winning, agreeable, beautiful: voltus, T.: hortuli, Ph.
Artistic, elegant: sphaera venustior: sententiae.
Fig., graceful, affable: motus corporis.

veor
praep. inseparable for * dvai; DVA-, not, without, as in vegrandis, small; vecors, senseless.
Doubly, exceedingly, as in vepallidus, very pale.

vepallidus
adj., excessively pale, very pallid: mulier, H.

veprecula
ae, f dim. vepres, a little thornbush, small brier: ex vepreculis extracta nitedula.

vepres
is, m a thorn-bush, brier-bush, bramblebush: lepus vepre latens, O.: saeptum vepribus et dumetis sepulcrum: sparsi sanguine, V.: quid si Corna vepres ferant, H.

ver
vēris, n 1 VAS-, the spring: ineunte vere, in the early spring: Vere novo, V.: cum ver esse coeperat: ver proterit aestas, H.: Aetatis breve ver carpere, life's short spring-time, O.
Prov.: Vere prius flores, aestu numerabis aristas, O.
In the phrase, ver sacrum, an offering of the first fruits of spring, L.

verax
ācis, adj. with comp. cf. verus, speaking truly, truthful, true, veracious: oraculum: Herodotum cur veraciorem ducum Ennio?: Liber, H.: veraces cecinisse Parcae, H.: saga, Tb.

verbena
ae, f a leafy twig, olive-branch, sacred bough (of laurel, olive, myrtle, or cypress, borne by the fetiales): fetialis patrem patratum Fusium fecit verbenā caput tangens, L.: sacerdotes Cereris cum infulis et verbenis (as suppliants): ex arā hinc sume verbenas tibi, T.: Verbenas adole pinguīs, V., H., O.

verber
eris, na lash, whip, scourge, rod (in sing. only gen. and abl.): illi instant verbere torto, V.: conscendit equos et ictu Verberis increpuit, O.: Verberibus caedere, T.: adulescentem nudari iubet verberaque adferri, L.: aurigae proni in verbera pendent, i. e. lean forward with the whip, V.
A thong, lash: torquens verbera fundae, V.
A lashing, scourging, flogging: Percutimur ca put conversae verbere virgae, O.: mitto verbera, mitto securīs: verberibus ac tormentis quaestionem habere: tergum foedum vestigiis verberum, L.
A stripe, stroke, blow: remorum in verbere perstant, O.: turgentis caudae, H.: placido dare verbera ponto, the strokes (of oars), O.
Fig., plur, lashes, strokes: contumeliarum verbera subire: patruae verbera linguae, i. e. chidings, H.

verbero
āvī, ātus, āre verber, to beat, strike, lash, knock: tormentis Mutinam: aquila aethera verberat alis, V.: sidera (unda), V.: navem (Auster), H.
To punish by striking, lash, scourge, whip, flog, beat, drub: homines: virgis oculos: laterum costas ense, O.
Fig., to attack, lash, chastise, plague, torment, harass: os tuum senatūs convicio verberari noluisti: sermonibus aures, Ta.

verbero
ōnis, m verber, one worthy of stripes, a scoundrel, rascal: Eho, verbero! T.: fundum a verberone Curtilio possideri.

verbex
see vervex.

verbose
adv. with comp. verbosus, with many words, diffusely: satis: haec ad te scripsi verbosius.

verbosus
adj. with comp. verbum, full of words, wordy, verbose: simulatio prudentiae: verbosior epistula: id quod verbosius dicitur, Ct.

verbum
ī, n cf. ῤῆμα; Eng. word, a word: pro his facit verba, speaks, Cs.: quod ego in senatu Graeco verba fecissem, had spoken: libenter verbo utor Catonis (i. e. origines): usitatius hoc verbum et tritius: si pudor, si modestia, si uno verbo temperantia, in a word: verba rebus impressit, i. e. names: contumelia verborum, abusive language, Cs.: verborum delectus, choice of language: multis verbis ultro citroque habitis, much talk on both sides: accusare verbis tribus, in three words: (dies) per quem tria verba silentur, i. e. the praetor's voice (in the official words do, dico, addico), O.
Prov.: verba flunt mortuo, i. e. that is idle talk, T.
Abl sing. adverb., briefly, in one word, by a word: postquam Caesar dicendi finem fecit, ceteri verbo alius alii varie adsentiebantur, S.: verbo de sententiā destitisti, at one word from me.
Orally, by speech: aut verbo adsentiebatur, aut pedibus in sententiam ibat, L.
Abl plur. with poss. pron., or gen, in the name of, in behalf of, for: si uxori tuae meis verbis eris gratulatus, for me: denuntiatum Fabio senatūs verbis, ne, etc., L.
In the phrase, uno verbo, in one word, in a word, briefly: Quin tu uno verbo dic, quid, etc., T.: praetores, praetorios, tribunos plebis . . . unoque verbo rem p., etc.
In phrases to express exact correspondence, verbum e verbo, precisely, exactly, literally: quae Graeci πάτηη appellant, ego poteram morbos, et id verbum esset e verbo.
Of a passage or work, translated or copied, ad verbum, verbum de verbo, verbum pro verbo, or verbum verbo, literally, word for word: fabellae Latinae ad verbum de Graecis expressae: verbum de verbo expressum extulit, T.: verbum pro verbo reddere: verbum verbo reddere, H.
In the phrase, verbi causā or verbi gratiā, for the sake of example, for example, for instance: si quis, verbi causā, oriente Caniculā natus est: quo die verbi causā esse oporteret Idūs.
A saying, expression, phrase, sentence: vetus verbum hoc quidemst, etc., an old saying, T.: quod verbum in pectus Iugurthae altius descendit, S.
Mere talk, mere words: dolor est malum, existimatio, dedecus, infamia verba atque ineptiae, empty words: verborum sonitus inanis.
Abl adv., verbally, in words, nominally: Ut beneficium verbis initum nunc re comprobes, T.: in quibus (civitatibus) verbo sunt liberi omnes, in name.
Hence, the phrase, verba dare, to give mere words, deceive, cheat: Quoi verba dare difficile est, T.: vel verba mihi dari facile patior in hoc: curis dare verba, i. e. to beguile, O.
In grammar, a verb.

Vercingetorix
rīgis, m a chief of the Gauls, Cs.

vere
adv. with comp. and sup. verus, according to truth, truly, really, in fact: vere dicere: omnia vere vates locuta est, V.: libentius quam verius: Ligures latrones verius quam hostes iusti, L.: verissime loquor.
Properly, rightly, aright: hoc quom fit, ibi non vere vivitur, T.

verecunde
adv. with comp. verecundus, shamefastly, bashfully, shyly, modestly: id facere: tueri (matronas), L.: verecundius hac de re loquor.

verecundia
ae, f verecundus, shamefastness, bashfulness, shyness, coyness, modesty, shame, reserve: homo pudoris ac verecundiae particeps: magnam habet vim disciplina verecundiae: in rogando: apud me, L.: turpitudinis verecundia, a shrinking from: rei p., reverence for, L.: legum, L.
A shame, disgrace, immodest act: quae verecundia est, postulare vos, etc., how shameful it is, L.: verecundiae erat pugnare, etc., L.
A sense of shame: verecundia Romanos cepit, Saguntum sub hostium potestate esse, L.

verecundor
—, ārī, dep. verecundus, to feel bashful, be ashamed, be shy, shrink: alterum quasi verecundantem incitare: verecundans in publicum prodire.

verecundus
adj. with comp. vereor, ashamed, shamefast, bashful, shy, coy, modest, diffident, re<*> served: homo non nimis verecundus: Saepe vere<*> cundum laudasti, H.: color, a blush, H.: pudor, O.
Moderate, free from extravagance, temperate: translatio: verecundior in postulando: vita, O.: Bacchus, H.

verendus
adj. P. of vereor, to be feared, worthy of reverence, venerable, reverend, awful: maiestas, O.: ossa (viri), O.

vereor
itus, ērī, dep. 1 VEL-, to reverence, revere, respect, stand in awe: quem (patrem) ut deum: gratia et eloquentia; quarum alteram vereor, alteram metuo: veremur vos . . . etiam timemus, L.
To fear, be afraid, dread, apprehend, shrink: hostem, Cs.: patris adventum, T.: reprehensionem doctorum: pauperiem, H.: maius, something serious, H.: invidiam, N.: Vereor dicere, hesitate, T.: vereor committere, ut, etc.: Insanos qui inter vereare insanus haberi, H.: quos non est veritum in voluptate summum bonum ponere, who did not shrink from, etc.: huius feminae, T.: tui testimoni: eo minus veritus navibus, quod, etc., with the less anxiety for the ships, Cs.
With ne, lest, that: sed vereor, ne videatur oratio mea, etc.: ne Divitiaci animum offenderet verebatur, Cs.: vereor ne cui plus credas, etc., H.: si . . . vereor ne barbarorum rex fuerit (Romulus), I suspect that.
With ne . . . non: intellexi te vereri ne superiores (litterae) mihi redditae non essent.
After a negat. expressed or implied (instead of ut): non vereor ne hoc officium meum P. Servilio non probem: non vereor, ne non scribendo te expleam.
With ut, that not: vereris ut possis contendere?: qui vereri videntur ut habeam satis praesidi.
Poet.: ut ferulā caedas meritum maiora subire Verbera non vereor (i. e. ne caedas), H.
To await with fear, fear, dread: heri semper lenitas Verebar quorsum evaderet, T.: Pomptinum quod scribis in urbem introisse, vereor, quid sit, am apprehensive what it may mean: de quā (Carthagine) vereri.

veretrum
ī, n vereor, the private parts, parts of shame, Ph.

Vergilius
(not Vir-), ī, m a gentile name.

vergo
—, —, ere VERG-, to bend, turn, be inclined, lie, be situated: declivis locus tenui fastigio vergebat in longitudinem, etc., Cs.: portus in meridiem vergit, L.: omnibus eius partibus in medium vergentibus.
Fig., to turn, incline, be directed: nisi Bruti auxilium ad Italiam vergere quam ad Asiam maluissemus: nox vergit ad lucem, verges towards, Cu.: anni vergentes in senium, Ta.: vergens annis femina, advanced, Ta.: illuc cuncta vergere, everything centred in him, Ta.

vergobretus
ī, m Celtic, the minister of justice, executive (of the Aedui), Cs.

veridicus
adj. verus+DIC-, truth-telling, truthful, veracious: voces: interpres, L.

veriloquium
ī, n verus+4 LAC-, etymology (transl. of ἐτυμολογία).

verisimilis
better as two words, veri simili-.

veritas
ātis, f verus, truth, truthfulness, verity, reality: suscipe causam veritatis: certe apud te veritas valebit.
Sincerity, straightforwardness, candor: veritatis cultores, fraudis inimici: veritas odium parit, sincerity, T.: in omni re vincit imitationem veritas.
Truth, rectitude, integrity, uprightness: in tuam fidem, veritatem, misericordiam confugit: sint veritatis et virtutis magistri.
Reality, life, nature, fact: ut (signa) imitentur veritatem: oratores sunt veritatis ipsius actores: exploranda est veritas, Ph.: ut, quicquid accidat, id ex aeternā veritate fluxisse dicatis.
Etymology: consule veritatem.

veritus
P. of vereor.

vermiculatus
adj. vermiculus, dim. of vermis, a worm.
Of mosaic work, inlaid in waving lines, vermiculated, Lucil. ap. C.

verna
ae, m 2 VAS-, a home-born slave, house-servant, family slave: vernas procaces Pasco, H.

vernaculus
adj. verna, of home-born slaves: multitudo, Ta.
Native, domestic, indigenous, vernacular, Roman: festivitas: sapor, innate: crimen domesticum ac vernaculum, i. e. which applies to the accuser.

vernilis
e, adj. verna, of a home-born slave, fawning, servile: blanditiae, Ta.
Jesting, waggish: dictum, Ta.

verniliter
adv. vernilis, slavishly, servilely: Fungi officiis, H.

verno
—, —, āre vernus, to spring, feel new life, grow young: Vernat humus, O.: gutture vernat avis, i. e. begins to sing, O.

vernula
ae, m dim. verna, a little home-born slave, young domestic: custos vernula capsae, Iu.: (lupus) Tiberinus Vernula riparum, i. e. (a fish) of slavish birth under the bank, Iu.

vernus
adj. ver, of spring, spring: tempus: aequinoctium, L.: frigus, O.: flores, H.

vero
adv. verus, in truth, in fact, certainly, truly, to be sure, surely, assuredly: Itane vero obturbat? T.: ego vero vellem: cum effusis gaudio lacrimis cupere vero diceret, etc., L.: multum vero haec eis iura profuerunt: Egregiam vero laudem refertis, V.
With immo, no indeed, nay rather: Immo vero indignum facinus faxo ex me audies, T.: immo vero, inquit, ii vivunt, qui, etc.
In an emphat. affirmative answer, yes, certainly, by all means, assuredly: M. fuisti saepe, credo, in scholis philosophorum. A. vero, ac libenter quidem.
With minime, emphasizing the negation, by no means, assuredly not: S. quid? totum domum num quis alter, praeter te, regit? L. minime vero.
In expostulation, but, though, however: minue vero iram, T.
In a climax, even, indeed: neque solum in tantis rebus, sed etiam in mediocribus studiis, vel vero etiam negotiis contemnendum: neque vero id satis habuit, N.
As adversative particle, but in fact, but indeed, however (always after one or more words of the clause): ne T. quidem Postumius contemnendus in dicendo: de re p. vero non minus vehemens orator, quam bellator fuit: non vero tam isti (sc. mortui sunt) quam tu ipse, nugator.
In transitions, now, but, however: age vero ceteris in rebus quali sit temperantiā, considerate: quod vero dicere ausus es, in eo . . errasti.

verpa
ae, f, i. e. membrum virile, Ct.

verpus
ī, m a circumcised man, Iu., Ct.

verres
is, m a boar, male swine: obliquum meditans ictum, H.: tam nequam.

verrinus
adj. verres, of a boar, swinish: ius, broth of pork (a pun): ius Verrinus, the administration of justice by Verres.

Verrius
adj., of Verres, Verrian.

verro
—, —, ere VAR-, to sweep, brush, scour, sweep out, sweep together: qui tergent, qui verrunt, qui spargunt: matres crinibus templa verrentes, L.: pavimentum, Iu.: Aequora caudis (delphines), V.: Caesariem per aequora, trail, O.
Of grain, to clean up after threshing, collect: nigras pro farre favillas, O.: Quicquid de Libycis verritur areis, i. e. is collected, H.
To sweep, pass over, play upon, traverse: duplici genialia nablia palmā, O.: remis vada, V.

verruca
ae, f a wart, fault, failing (opp tuber), H.

verrunco
—, —, āre VAR-.
In prayers, with bene, to turn out well, have a fortunate issue: haec bene verruncent populo, Att. ap. C.: ea mihi bene verruncent, L.

versabilis
e, adj. verso, changeable, mutable, fickle: acies, Cu.: fortuna, Cu.

versatilis
e, adj. verso, versatile: ingenium, L.

versatus
adj. P. of verso, experienced, skilled, versed: in bello: in rerum p. varietate.

versicolor
ōris （abl. ōrī or ōre), adj. verso+ color, of changeable color, of various colors, partycolored: plumae: vestimentum, L.: arma, V.: cultus (Florae), O.

versiculus
ī, m dim. versus, a little line, mere line: tribusne versiculis Brutus ad me?: epistulae versiculum.
In poetry, a little verse, verslet, line: uno versiculo: versiculi mei, Ct.: Hiscine versiculis curas e pectore pelli? H.

verso
āvī, ātus, āre, freq. verto, to turn often, keep turning, handle, whirl about, turn over: Sisyphus versat Saxum, C. poët.: turdos in igni, H.: Ova non acrifavillā, O.: vinclorum volumina, V.: pollice fusum, O.: sortem urnā, shake, H.: ligonibus glaebas, break up, H.: desectum gramen, i. e. make hay, O.: currum in gramine, i. e. wheel about, V.: oves, pasture, V.: exemplaria Graeca, i. e. peruse, H.: versabat se in utramque partem, i. e. kept displaying hesitation: qui (orbes) versantur retro.
Prov.: satis diu iam hoc saxum vorso (alluding to Sisyphus), i. e. I have wasted time enough with this man, T.
In pass, to move about, dwell, live, remain, stay, abide, be: non ad solarium, non in campo versatus est: inter aciem, Cs.: intra vallum, Cs.: apud praefectos regis, N.
Fig., to turn, twist, bend, manage, direct: versare suam naturam et regere ad tempus: multis modis eadem: verba, i. e. to pervert: fors omnia versat, changes, V.: huc et illuc vos: se ad omnīs cogitationes, Cu.
To upturn, discompose, disturb, vex, agitate: haerere homo, versari, to be disturbed: odiis domos, subvert, V.: domum, O.: sic fortuna utrumque versavit, ut, etc., i. e. treated each in turn, Cs.: in omnes partes muliebrem animum, L.
To turn over, think over, reflect upon, revolve, consider, meditate: in animis secum unamquamque rem, L.: nefas in pectore, V.: versate diu, quid ferre recusent, Quid valeant umeri, H.
Pass, to be, be circumstanced, be situated: nescis, quantis in malis vorser miser, T.: ergo illi nunc in pace versantur: in simili culpā, Cs.: mihi ante oculos dies noctīsque versaris: Mithridaticum bellum, in multā varietate versatum, waged with many vicissitudes: partes, in quibus irae libidinesque versentur.
To occupy oneself, be engaged, be busied, be employed: homo saepe in Caede versatus: qui in re p. versamur: multum in imperiis, N.: is missum ad dilectūs agendos Agricolam integreque ac strenue versatum praeposuit, etc., i. e. having fulfilled his mission honorably, etc., Ta.
To be concerned, belong, depend, turn: haec omnia in eodem quo illa Zenonis errore versantur: dicendi omnis ratio in hominum more et sermone versatur.

versum
adv. P. n. of verto, turned in the direction of, towards: animadvortit fugam ad se vorsum fieri, S.
Esp., in the phrase, sursum versum, up and down.

versura
ae, f VERT-, a conversion, funding, borrowing to pay a debt: versuram a Carpinatio fecisse: vereor, ne illud, quod tecum permutavi, versurā mihi solvendum sit, is to be paid by a new loan.
Prov.: in eodem luto haesitas, versurā solves, will pay by borrowing, i. e. keep increasing your difficulties, T.
A borrowing, loan: sine versurā dissolvere: versuram facere publice, N.

versus
P. of verto.

versus
adv. P. of verto, turned in the direction of, towards, facing.
After ad or in and acc: ad Oceanum versus proficisci, Cs.: in Galliam versus, S.: in forum versus: in Arvernos versus, Cs.
After acc. alone (only of towns or small islands): Helorum versus navigabant: Ambraciam versus, Cs.
With quoque or quoquo: dimittit quoque versus legationes, in every direction, Cs.

versus
ūs, m VERT-, a line, row: in versum distulit ulmos, V.: remorum, L.
In writing, a line, verse: versūs plurimi supra tribunal scribebantur: magnum numerum versuum ediscere, Cs.: versūs Enni gravitate minores, H.: dicere versūs, V.

versute
adv. versutus, cunningly, craftily, slyly: dicere.

versutiae
ārum, f versutus, cunning, craftiness, subtlety: Punicae, L.

versutiloquus
adj. versutus+4 LAC-, crafty-speaking, sly: militiae.

versutus
adj. with comp. and sup. VERT-, adroit, dexterous, shrewd, clever, ingenious: versutos eos appello, quorum celeriter mens versatur: animus: versutissimus Lysander.
Cunning, crafty, wily, sly, deceitful: homo: acutus, versutus, veterator: propago, O.

vertex
icis, m VERT-, a whirl, eddy, whirlpool, vortex: torto vertice torrens, V.: (flumen) minores volvere vertices, H.: sine vertice aquae euntes, O.: amnis transverso vertice dolia inpulit ad ripam, L.
A whirlwind: contra (ventum) enitentes vertice intorti adfligebantur, L.
Of flame, a coil, whorl: flammis inter tabulata volutus Ad caelum undabat vertex, V.
The highest point, top, peak, summit: ignes, qui ex Aetnae vertice erumpunt: flammae rotantes Vertice fumum, H.: a vertice, from above, V.
Of the head, the top, crown: ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum: talos a vertice pulcher ad imos, H.: toto vertice supra est, by the head, V.: moribundus, O.
The pole: caeli vertices ipsi: Hic vertex nobis semper sublimis, V.
The highest, greatest (poet.): dolorum vertices.

verticosus
adj. vertex, full of whirlpools, eddying: amnis, L.

vertigo
inis, f VERT-, a turning round, whirling: adsidua caeli, O.
Fig., a sensation of whirling, giddiness, dizziness, vertigo: oculorum animique, L.; cf. vertigine tectum Ambulat, the ceiling whirls round (of drunken men), Iu.

verto
tī, sus, ere VERT-, to turn, turn up, turn back, direct: cardinem, O.: verso pede, O.: Non ante verso cado, i. e. emptied, H.: crateras, V.: verti me a Minturnis Arpinum versus: gens ab oriente ad septentrionem se vertit, i. e. is situated, Cu.: in circumsedentis Capuam se vertit, i. e. directs his attack, L.
Intrans, to turn, turn back: versuros extemplo in fugam omnes ratus, L.
Pass, to be turned, be directed, face, look: fenestrae in viam versae, L.: nunc ad fontes, nunc ad mare versus, O.
To turn about, be engaged, move, be, be situated: Magno in periclo vita vertetur tua, Ph.: in maiore discrimine verti, L.: ipse catervis Vertitur in mediis, V.
To turn back, turn about, reverse: Pompeiani se verterunt et loco cesserunt, wheeled about, Cs.: hostes terga verterunt, fled, Cs.: hostem in fugam, put to flight, L.: Hiemps piscīs ad hoc vertat mare, H.
To turn over, turn up: versā pulvis inscribitur hastā, V.: Vertitur interea caelum, revolves, V.: terram aratro, H.: versis glaebis, O.
To turn, ply, drive: stimulos sub pectore vertit Apollo, V.
Fig., to turn, direct, convert, appropriate: ex illā pecuniā magnam partem ad se: congressi certamine irarum ad caedem vertuntur, i. e. are driven, L.: ne ea, quae rei p. causā egerit, in suam contumeliam vertat, Cs.: omen in Macedonum metum, Cu.: in religionem vertentes comitia biennio habita, making a matter of religious scruple, L.: Philippus totus in Persea versus, inclined towards, L.: quo me vertam? T.: quo se verteret, non habebat: si bellum omne eo vertat, L.: di vortant bene, Quod agas, prosper, T.
To ascribe, refer: quae alia in deum iras velut ultima malorum vertunt, L.: ne sibi vitio verterent, quod abesset a patriā, impute as a fault.
Pass., to turn, depend, rest, hang: hic victoria, V.: cum circa hanc consultationem disceptatio omnis verteretur, L.: omnia in unius potestate vertentur: spes civitatis in dictatore, L.: vertebatur, utrum manerent, an, etc., i. e. the question was discussed, L.
To turn, change, alter, transform, convert, metamorphose: terra in aquam se vertit: Verte omnīs tete in facies, V.: Auster in Africum se vertit, Cs.: versa et mutata in peiorem partem sint omnia: cur nunc tua quisquam Vertere iussa potest, V.: saevus apertam In rabiem coepit verti iocus, H.: nullā tamen alite verti Dignatur, nisi, etc., O.
Prov.: ubi omne Verterat in fumum et cinerem, i. e. had dissipated, H.
With solum, to change abode, leave the country: qui exsili causā solum verterit.
In language, to turn, translate, interpret: Platonem: annales Acilianos ex Graeco in Latinum sermonem, L.
To turn, overturn, overthrow, subvert, destroy: vertit ad extremum omnia: Cycnum Vi multā, O.: ab imo moenia Troiae, V.: ne Armenia scelere verteretur, Ta.: versā Caesarum sobole, Ta.
To turn, change, be changed: iam verterat fortuna, L.
To turn, be directed, turn out, result: verterat Scipionum invidia in praetorem, L.: (quae res) tibi vertat male, turn out badly, T.: quod bene verteret, Cu.: quod nec vertat bene, V.: quod si esset factum, detrimentum in bonum verteret, Cs.: ea ludificatio veri in verum vertit, L.
Of time, in the phrase, annus vertens, the returning year, space of a year, full year: anno vertente sine controversiā (petisses); cf. annus vertens, the great cycle of the stars.

Vertumnus
ī, m for * vertomenos, P. pass. of verto, the god of change, of the seasons, of exchange and trade, C., H., O.
Poet.: Vertumnis natus iniquis, i. e. of a fickle character, H.

veru
ūs, na spit, broach: Subiciunt veribus prunas, V., O.
A dart, javelin (poet.), V.

verum
ī, n verus, the truth, reality, fact: interesse inter verum et falsum: verum dicere, T.: si verum quaerimus: minor est tua gloria vero, O.: controversia de vero, respecting fact: Nec procul a vero est, quod, etc., from the truth, O.: ars vera ac falsa diiudicandi: Qui species alias veris . . . capiet (i. e. alias ab iis quae verae sunt), H.
Genit., in phrases with similis or similitudo (less correctly as one word, verisimilis, verisimilitudo): narrationem iubent veri similem esse, i. e. plausible: id quod veri simile occurrit, probable: veri similiora: res similis veri, L.: simillimum veri: quod est magis veri simile, Cs.
Honor, duty: in senatu pars, quae vero pretium anteferebat, S.

verum
adv. verus.
In an answer, truly, certainly, doubtless, yes: So. Facies? Ch. verum, T.
But in truth, but, notwithstanding, but yet: Verum aliter evenire multo intellegit, T.: ea sunt omnia non a naturā, verum a magistro.
After non modo or non solum (usu. with etiam), not only . . . but also: non modo agendo, verum etiam cogitando: servavit ab omni Non solum facto, verum opprobrio quoque turpi, H.
In a transition, but, yet, still: deinde hoc vobis confirmo . . . verum me persecuturum esse polliceor, etc.: verum veniat sane.
With enim, or enim vero, but truly, but indeed: Verum enim, quando bene promeruit, fiat, T.: si ullo in loco eius provinciae frumentum tanti fuit, quanti . . . verum enim vero cum, etc.
Interrupting the course of thought, but however, but: exspectabantur Calendae Ianuariae, fortasse non recte. verum praeterita omittamus.

verum
(less correctly as one word, vērum-tamen or vērun-tamen), but yet, notwithstanding, however, nevertheless: consilium capit primo stultum, verum tamen clemens: nondum manifesta sibi est . . . verum tamen aestuat intus, O.
In resuming a thought after a parenthesis or diversion, however, as I was saying: cum essem in Tusculano (erit hoc tibi pro illo tuo ‘cum essem in Ceramico’), verum tamen cum ibi essem, etc.

verus
adj. with comp. and sup. 1 VEL-, true, real, actual, genuine: internosci omnia simulata a veris: vera an falsa, T.: verus ac germanus Metellus: gloria: causa verissima: amicus, H.: id si ita est, ut . . . sin autem illa veriora, ut, etc.: si verum est, quod nemo dubitat, ut populus R. superarit, etc., a fact, N.
Right, proper, fitting, suitable, reasonable, just: ah, Idnest verum? T.: quod est rectum, verum quoque est: lex: nil Grosphus nisi verum orabit et aequum, H.: neque verum esse, qui suos fines tueri non potuerint, alienos occupare, Cs.: verum est, (agrum) habere eos, etc., L.: me verius unum Pro vobis foedus luere, V.: praeclarum illud est, et, si quaeris, rectum quoque et verum, ut, etc., right and just.
Truthful, true, veracious: Sum verus? T : Apollinis os, O.: verissimus et sapientissimus iudex, most upright.

verutum
ī, n veru, a dart, javelin: verutum in balteo defigitur, Cs., L.

verutus
adj. veru, armed with a dart, bearing a javelin: Volsci, V.

vervex
ēcis, m see 1 VEL-, a wether: quod genus sacrifici Lari verbecibus fiat: Vervecum patria, i. e. of blockheads, Iu.

vesania
ae, f vesanus, madness, insanity: discors, H.

vesaniens
ntis, adj. cf. vesanus, raging, furious: ventus, Ct.

vesanus
adj.,unsound of mind, mad, insane, raging: remex: tribunus plebis: stella vesani Leonis, raging, H.
Of things, fierce, wild, savage, furious, raging: voltus, L.: vires, O.: fames, V.

vescor
—, ī, dep.,to use as food, take for food, take food, feed upon, eat: pecus ad vescendum hominibus apta: vescendi causā omnia exquirere, i. e. for varieties of food, S.: vescere, sodes, H.: in eā (mensā), to take his meals, Cu.: escis aut potionibus: nasturtio: singulas (columbas), Ph.: infirmissimos sorte ductos, Ta.
To enjoy, make use of, use, have: aurā Aetheriā, V.: paratissimis voluptatibus.

vescus
adj., small, slender, feeble, wavering: farra, O.: papaver, V.

vesica
ae, f the bladder, urinary bladder: vesicae morbi: displosa, H.: Tendere vesicam, i. e. blow up, O.

vesicula
ae, f dim. vesica, a seed-vessel.

vespa
ae, f cf. Eng. wasp, a wasp, Ph.

vesper
erī or eris, acc. vesperum, abl. vesperō or vespere (adverb. also vesperī), m 2 VAS-, the evening-star: rubens, V.: vespero Surgente, H.
The evening, even, eve, even-tide: diei vesper erat, S.: serus, V.: cum, quid yesper ferat, incertum sit, L.: ad vesperum: sub vesperum, towards evening, Cs.: primo vespere, Cs.: litteras reddidit a<*> d. VIII Idūs Mart. vespere, in the evening: vesperi venire: neque tam vesperi revortor, so late, T.
The evening sky, West, Occident: vespere ab atro, V., O.

vespera
ae, f 2 VAS-, the evening, even-tide: ad vesperam consequi: primā vesperā, L.

vesperasco
—, ēre, inch. vesper, to become evening, grow towards evening: vesperascente caelo, N.: vesperascit, it grows dark, T.

vespertinus
adj. vesper, of evening, of even-tide, evening: tempora (opp. matutina): litterae, received in the evening: senatūs consultā, passed in the evening.
Poet.: Si vespertinus subito te oppresserit hospes, i. e. in the evening, H.
Of the west, western: regio, H.

Vesta
ae, f 1 VAS-, daughter of Saturn and Ops, goddess of flocks and herds, and of the household; in her temple the Vestal virgins maintained a perpetual fire, C., L., V., H., O.: quo tempore Vesta Arsit, i. e. the temple of Vesta, O.: perfudit nectare Vestam, i. e. the fire, V.

Vestalis
e, adj.,of Vesta, Vestal, C., L., O.
As subst f. (sc. virgo), a priestess of Vesta, Vestal, L., O.
Of Vestal virgins, of the Vestals, O.

vester
tra, trum, pron poss. vos, your, yours, of you: ille vester Oppianicus, of yours: clamore vestro adsentior: vestrum est dare, vincere nostrum, O.
As subst n.: non cognosco vostrum tam superbum, your haughty manner, T.: quid ego vos, de vestro impendatis, hortor? of your property, L.

vestibulum
ī, n 2 VAS-, an enclosed space before a house, fore-court, entrance-court, vestibule: templi: aedium: alti Quadriiuges in vestibulis, Iu.
An entrance: sepulcri: urbis, L.
Fig., an entrance, opening, beginning: vestibula aditūsque ad causam.

vestigium
ī, n cf. vestigo, the bottom of the foot, sole: adversis vestigiis stare contra nostra vestigia.
The foot: equus vestigia primi Alba pedis ostentans, V.; cf. Summa pedum vestigia tinguit, O.
A footstep, step, footprint, foot-track, track: in foro vestigium facere, i. e. to set foot: te tuis vestigiis persequi: eodem remanere vestigio, Cs.: vestigium abscedi ab Hannibale, one step, L.
In the phrase, e vestigio, on the spot, without moving, instantly, forthwith: repente evestigio ex homine factus est Verres: e vestigio ad Castra traducere, Cs.
A trace, mark, track, vestige: in lecto mulieris vestigia recentia: quarum (alcium) ex vestigiis cum est animadversum, quo, etc., Cs.: in vestigiis huius urbis, ruins: tergum foedum recentibus vestigiis verberum, L.
Fig., a footprint, trace, sign, token: a pueritiā vestigiis ingressus patriis et tuis.
Of time, a point, moment, instant: eodem loci vestigio et temporis: vestigio temporis, instantly, Cs.: ut urbs ab hostibus capta eodem vestigio videretur, at that very moment, Cs.

vestigo
āre, —, — cf. στίχος, to follow in the track of, track, trace out, track up, hunt, search, scour: vestigare et quaerere te, Enn. ap. C.: perfugas et fugitivos, L.: adeo sicca lacuna, ut vestigantium sitim falleret, Cu.: vestiga (sc. ramum) oculis, V.
Fig., to inquire into, investigate, trace, search out: causas rerum: nihil inexploratum, quod vestigari volunt, efficere, L.: voluptates omnīs: regionem omni curā, Cu.

vestimentum
ī, n vestis, clothing, a garment, vestment, article of clothing, dress: vestimenta mutavit: album in vestimentum addere, L.: Vestimenta pretiosa, H.
Bed-clothing, a rug: lectus vestimentis stratus, T.

vestio
(imperf. vestībat, V.), īvī, ītus, īre vestis, to cover with a garment, provide with clothing, dress, clothe, vest: satis commode vestiti: et ali et vestiri a Caeciliā: te Vestiunt lanae, H.: Phrygiā vestitur bucca tiarā, Iu.
Of animals, to clothe, cover, robe: animantes villis vestitae: sandyx vestiet agnos, V.
To clothe, cover, deck, array, attire, surround, adorn: campos lumine (aether), V.: vestitum vepribus sepulcrum: montes vestiti, i. e. covered with verdure: trabes multo aggere, Cs.: genas vestibat flore iuventa, i. e. beard, V.: vestiti messibus agros, O.
Fig., to clothe, dress, surround, adorn: exquisitas sententias pellucens vestiebat oratio: Gloria quem supra vires vestit, H.: iuventa oratione.

vestis
is, f 2 VAS-, sing collect., a covering for the body, clothes, clothing, attire, vesture: discidit Vestem, T.: sumptā veste virili, H.: dolorem veste significare: pretiosa, L.
In the phrase, mutare vestem, to change one's garments, put on other clothing: muta vestem (for disguise), T.: mutando vestem sese ab insidiis munierat, L.: vestem mutandam omnes putarunt, i. e. that they must put on mourning.
Plur., clothes, garments: aurum vestibus inlitum Mirata, H.: albae, Cu.: meretriciae, Ta.: picturatae auri subtemine vestes, V.: vestibus extentis, Iu.
A carpet, rug, tapestry (in full, stragula vestis): plena domus stragulae vestis: Tyriae vestes, H.

vestitus
P. of vestio.

vestitus
ūs, m vestio, clothing, clothes, dress, apparel, raiment, attire, vesture: muliebris: neque vestitūs praeter pellīs habere, Cs.: vestitum mutare, to put on mourning: ad suum vestitum redire, i. e. to lay off mourning: Vestitu nimio indulges, T.
Of things, covering, attire: adde huc riparum vestitūs viridissimos: densissimi montium.
Fig., decoration, ornament: orationis.

veteranus
adj. vetus, old, veteran: hostis, L.: milites: legiones, i. e. composed of veterans, Cs.
Plur m. as subst, veteran soldiers, veterans, C., Cs., L.

veterator
ōris, m vetero, to make old, from vetus, one wedded to routine, a commonplace orator: veterator habitus: in causis privatis satis veterator.
A crafty fellow, old fox, sly-boots: quid hic volt veterator sibi? T.: callidus ac veterator esse volt.

veteratorie
adv. veteratorius, shrewdly, craftily: dicere.

veteratorius
adj. veterator, crafty, cunning, sly: ab isto nihil veteratorium exspectare.

veternosus
adj. veternus, lethargic, sleepy, drowsy, dreamy: senex, T.

veternus
ī, m vetus, lethargy, drowsiness, sluggishness, sloth: funestus, H.: gravis (regni), V.

vetitum
ī, n P. n. of veto, that which is forbidden, something prohibited, a forbidden thing: Nitimur in vetitum semper, O.: venerem In vetitis numerant, O.
A prohibition, protest: iussa ac vetita populorum: Quae contra vetitum discordia, V.

veto
(old votō), uī, itus, āre VET-, not to suffer, not to permit, to oppose, forbid, prohibit: antiquae sunt leges, quae vetant: Aruspex vetuit, T.: vetant leges Iovis, H.: res ipsa vetat, O.: bella, V.: quid iubeatve vetetve, O.; cf. (ludere) vetitā legibus aleā, H.: cum facerem Versiculos, vetuit me Quirinus, etc., H.: Quippe vetor fatis, V.: furem luce occidi vetant XII tabulae: ab opere legatos Caesar discedere vetuerat, Cs.: ridentem dicere verum Quid vetat? H.: castra . . . vallo muniri, Cs.: ut a praefecto morum Hasdrubal cum eo vetaretur esse, N.: Edicto vetuit, ne quis se praeter Apellen Pingeret, H.: vetabo, qui Cereris sacrum Volgarit arcanae, sub isdem Sit trabibus, H.: nec laevus vetat ire picus, H.: Quis vetat et stellas . . . Dicere? O.: ait esse vetitum intro ad eram accedere, T.
As the technical term for protest interposed by a tribune of the people against any measure of the Senate or of the magistrates, I forbid, I protest: faxo ne iuvet vox ista ‘veto,’ quā nunc concinentes, etc., L.

vetulus
adj. dim. vetus, elderly, somewhat old, advanced in life, no longer young: gladiator: filia. Cornix, H.: arbor (opp. novella).
As subst m. and f : mi vetule, old fellow: turpis vetula, an old hag, Iu.

vetus
eris, adj. with sup. veterrimus (for comp. see vetustus) VET-, old, aged, advanced in years: poëta, T.: veteres et moris antiqui memores, L.: laurus, V.
Old, of long standing, seated: contumelia, Cs.: invidia, inveterate: amici (opp. novi): veterrima (amicitia): consuetudo, S.: provinciae, L.
Of soldiers: ille exercitatus et vetus (miles): milites, Cs.: legiones, L.: (tabernae) Veteres, the old booths of money-changers in the Forum (opp. Novae), L.
Esp., in the phrase, vetus est, it is an old saying: vetus est, de scurrā divitem fieri posse, etc.
Old, of a former time, former, earlier, ancient: credendum est veteribus et priscis, ut aiunt, viris: veterrimi poëtae Stoici: fama veterum malorum, V.: iniuria, Ph.
Plur m. as subst, the ancients, men of old, fathers, forefathers: maiores nostri, veteres illi: Quae veteres factitarunt, ancient writers, T.
Plur n. as subst, the old, antiquity: si vetera mihi ignota (sunt), earlier events: vetera omittere, to leave out of consideration, S.: scrutari vetera, traditions: haec vetera, these old writings, Ta.

vetustas
ātis, f vetus, old age, age, long existence: possessionis: aevi longinqua, V.: tarda (i. e. senectus), O.: familiarum vetustates.
Ancient times, antiquity: historia nuntia vetustatis: contra omnia vetustatis exempla, Cs.: in tantā vetustate auctorum, L.
Long duration, great age: quae mihi videntur habitura etiam vetustatem, i. e. will last long: Scripta vetustatem si modo nostra ferent, O.: coniuncti vetustate, i. e. intimacy of long standing.
The far future, posterity: de me nulla umquam obmutescet vetustas: Si qua fidem tanto est operi latura vetustas, V.

vetustus
adj. with comp. and sup. vetus, aged, old, ancient, of long standing (posit. mostly of things; comp. and freq. also sup. used for the comp. and sup. of vetus): templum Cereris, V.: silvae, O.: ligna, H.: opinio, inveterate: amicitia, O.: qui vetustissimus ex iis, qui viverent, censoriis esset, i. e. senior ex-censor, L.: vetustissimus liberorum eius, Ta.: vetustissimos se Suevorum Semnones memorant, Ta.
Of former times, ancient: Aeli, vetuste nobilis ab Lamo, H.
Of style, antiquated: Multo vetustior et horridior ille.

vexatio
ōnis, f vexo, a harrying, troubling, harassing: Macedoniae: virginum Vestalium.
Annoyance, hardship, distress, trouble, vexation: corporis: volneris, L.: per vexationem et contumelias, L.: multā cum vexatione processit, Cu.

vexator
ōris, m vexo, one who distresses, a troubler, harasser, vexer: urbis esset Antonius: furoris (Clodi), i. e. opposer.

vexatus
P. of vexo.

vexillarius
ī, m vexillum, a standard-bearer, ensign, L., Ta.
Under the empire, the oldest class of veterans, Ta.

vexillum
ī, n dim. vēlum, a military ensign, standard, banner, flag: sub vexillo unā mitti, i. e. were placed in the ranks, Cs.: ut vexillum tolleres.
A signal-flag: vexillum proponendum, i. e. the signal for battle, Cs.
The troops following a standard, a company, troop, L.

vexo
āvī, ātus, āre, freq. veho, to shake, jolt, toss violently: (rector) per confragosa vexabitur: ratīs, V.: venti caeli nubila vexant, O.
To harry, waste, trouble, harass, plague, disturb: agros vectigalīs vexatos a Verre: Galliam, Cs.: hostīs sempiternos: vexati omnes difficultate viae, L.: comas, to frizzle, O.
To worry, vex, annoy, disquiet, trouble: Hermippum probris: vexabatur uxor mea: vexatur Theophrastus libris, is attacked: me honoris cupido vexabat, S.: mentem mariti philtris, Iu.