vello

vellō —, —, 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.