vēlāmentum, i, n. [velo], a cover, covering.
I Lit
A Infantis, Cels. 7, 29 fin. : estque id aliquanto melius velamentum cerebro quam caro, id. 8, 4; cf. id. 7, 18.— *
B A veil , curtain , = velum, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 15, 2.—
C Velamenta, olive-branches wound about with woollen fillets , or rods wound about in like manner , which suppliants bore before them: velamenta manu praetendens supplice, Ov. M. 11, 279: ramos oleae ac velamenta alia supplicum porrigentes orare, ut reciperent sese, Liv. 24, 30, 14 Weissenb. ad loc.; 25, 25, 6; 30, 36, 5; 36, 20, 1; cf. id. 29, 16, 6. velamenta et infulas praeferentes, Tac. H. 1, 66; v. velo, I. fin. —
II Trop., a cover , concealment , screen : quaerentes libidinibus suis patrocinium aliquid seu velamentum, Sen. Vit. Beat. 12, 4: pudoris, Lampr. Elag. 11: ami citiae, pretence , Amm. 19, 11, 4.