evello

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

ē-vellō vellī, volsus or vulsus, ere,

to tear out, pluck out, extract: linguam Catoni: ferrum, Cs.: arbor, quā evolsā, L.: spinas agro, H.: Pollicibus fauces, O.: emblema, to tear away. — Prov.: Caeno plantam, H. — Fig., to root out, extract, eradicate, erase: consules ex memoriā: ex animo scrupulum: suspicionem.

Related Words