velum

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.