velum

suppărum ( sĭpărium, sĭpărum, sĭphărum), i, n., and suppărus ( sĭphărus) i, m. [Oscan; orig., perh., linen stuff in gen.; hence],

A linen garment worn by women: indutui alterum, quod subtus, a quo subucula: alterum quod supra, a quo supparus: nisi id, quod item dicunt Osce, Varr. L. L. 5, § 131 Müll.:

supparus vestimentum puellare lineum, quod et subucula, id est camisia, dicitur: Afranius: puella non sum, supparo si induta sum,

Fest. p. 311 ib.; cf. Non. 540, 14:

quid istae, quae vesti quotannis nomina inveniunt nova... Indusiatam, patagiatam... Supparum aut subminiam,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 48:

suppura angusta,

Luc. 2, 364. —

A linen garment worn by men: hic indutus supparum, Varr. ap. Non. 540, 15; cf. Non. 540, 8.—

= sipharos, a small sail on the foremast, a topsail:

supparum appellant dolonem, velum minus in navi, ut acation majus,

Fest. p. 340 Müll.:

pandens Suppara velorum,

Luc. 5, 428; Stat. S. 3, 2, 27; Sen. Ep. 77, 1; id. Herc. Oet. 698; id. Med. 327 al. —Collat. form sippărum or sippărus, Sen. Ep. 77, 1 Haase.

sub-necto, nexui, xum, ĕre, v. a., to bind or tie under, bind on beneath ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn. subligo).

Lit.:

antennis velum,

Ov. M. 11, 483:

cingula mammae,

Verg. A. 1, 492:

tenui de vimine circlos Cervici,

id. G. 3, 167:

subnectit fibula vestem,

id. A. 4, 139:

fragmentum clavi collo,

Plin. 28, 4, 11, § 46:

specieque comam subnexus utrāque,

wreathed, garlanded, Stat. S. 5, 3, 113 et saep.—

Trop., to add, subjoin in speaking:

ut inventioni judicium subnecterent,

Quint. 3, 3, 5 Spald.:

deinde proxima subnectens,

id. 7, 10, 7:

subnectit et hanc fabulam,

Just. 43, 4, 4; so,

dedecus,

Val. Max. 2, 6, 15:

callide subnectit, confictas a se epistulas esse,

Just. 14, 1, 11.

suppărum ( sĭpărium, sĭpărum, sĭphărum), i, n., and suppărus ( sĭphărus) i, m. [Oscan; orig., perh., linen stuff in gen.; hence],

A linen garment worn by women: indutui alterum, quod subtus, a quo subucula: alterum quod supra, a quo supparus: nisi id, quod item dicunt Osce, Varr. L. L. 5, § 131 Müll.:

supparus vestimentum puellare lineum, quod et subucula, id est camisia, dicitur: Afranius: puella non sum, supparo si induta sum,

Fest. p. 311 ib.; cf. Non. 540, 14:

quid istae, quae vesti quotannis nomina inveniunt nova... Indusiatam, patagiatam... Supparum aut subminiam,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 48:

suppura angusta,

Luc. 2, 364. —

A linen garment worn by men: hic indutus supparum, Varr. ap. Non. 540, 15; cf. Non. 540, 8.—

= sipharos, a small sail on the foremast, a topsail:

supparum appellant dolonem, velum minus in navi, ut acation majus,

Fest. p. 340 Müll.:

pandens Suppara velorum,

Luc. 5, 428; Stat. S. 3, 2, 27; Sen. Ep. 77, 1; id. Herc. Oet. 698; id. Med. 327 al. —Collat. form sippărum or sippărus, Sen. Ep. 77, 1 Haase.

suppărum ( sĭpărium, sĭpărum, sĭphărum), i, n., and suppărus ( sĭphărus) i, m. [Oscan; orig., perh., linen stuff in gen.; hence],

A linen garment worn by women: indutui alterum, quod subtus, a quo subucula: alterum quod supra, a quo supparus: nisi id, quod item dicunt Osce, Varr. L. L. 5, § 131 Müll.:

supparus vestimentum puellare lineum, quod et subucula, id est camisia, dicitur: Afranius: puella non sum, supparo si induta sum,

Fest. p. 311 ib.; cf. Non. 540, 14:

quid istae, quae vesti quotannis nomina inveniunt nova... Indusiatam, patagiatam... Supparum aut subminiam,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 48:

suppura angusta,

Luc. 2, 364. —

A linen garment worn by men: hic indutus supparum, Varr. ap. Non. 540, 15; cf. Non. 540, 8.—

= sipharos, a small sail on the foremast, a topsail:

supparum appellant dolonem, velum minus in navi, ut acation majus,

Fest. p. 340 Müll.:

pandens Suppara velorum,

Luc. 5, 428; Stat. S. 3, 2, 27; Sen. Ep. 77, 1; id. Herc. Oet. 698; id. Med. 327 al. —Collat. form sippărum or sippărus, Sen. Ep. 77, 1 Haase.

vēlāmentum, i, n. [id.], a cover, covering.

Lit

Infantis, Cels. 7, 29 fin.:

estque id aliquanto melius velamentum cerebro quam caro,

id. 8, 4; cf. id. 7, 18.—

A veil, curtain, = velum, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 15, 2.—

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. —

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.

vēlĭfĭcor, ātus ( inf. parag. velificarier, Afr. Com. 267), 1, v. dep. n. [velum-facio], to make sail, spread sail, sail.

Lit. (rare;

not in Cic.): (ratis) Caerula ad infernos velificata lacus,

Prop. 2, 28 (3, 25), 40:

velificantes triumphantium in modum,

Flor. 3, 7, 3; Mel. 3, 7, 2.—

Trop., with dat., to make sail for, i. e. to exert one's self to effect, procure, or gain a thing (class.):

honori suo velificari,

Cic. Agr. 1, 9, 27: ne aut velificatus alicui dicaris, aut, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 2:

favori civium,

Flor. 1, 9, 5.

vēlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [velum], to cover, cover up, wrap up, wrap, envelop, veil, etc. (class.; syn.: contego, induo).

Lit.:

capite velato,

Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 10; Quint. 2, 13, 13; 6, 1, 48:

caput velatum filo,

Liv. 1, 32, 6; cf.:

capita ante aras Phrygio amictu,

Verg. A. 3, 545:

varices,

Quint. 11, 3, 143:

partes tegendas,

Ov. M. 13, 479:

velanda corporis,

Plin. Ep. 6, 24, 3: antennas, covered with or supporting the sails, Verg. A. 3, 549.—Of clothing:

velatus togā,

enveloped, clothed, Liv. 3, 26, 10:

purpurea veste,

Ov. M. 2, 23:

tunicā,

id. F. 3, 645:

stolā,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 71; Tib. 1, 5, 25 (3, 4, 55):

amiculis,

Curt. 3, 3, 10:

umeros chlamyde,

Spart. Sev. 19.—Of other objects:

maternā tempora myrto,

Verg. A. 5, 72:

tempora purpureis tiaris,

to wrap round, bind round, Ov. M. 11, 181:

tempora vittis,

id. P. 3, 2, 75:

coronā,

id. ib. 4, 14, 55; cf.

in a Greek construction: Amphicus albenti velatus tempora vittā,

id. M. 5, 110:

cornua lauro,

id. ib. 15, 592:

frondibus hastam,

id. ib. 3, 667:

serta molas,

id. F. 6, 312:

Palatia sertis,

id. Tr. 4, 2, 3:

delubra deūm fronde,

Verg. A. 2, 249: velatis manibus orant, ignoscamus peccatum suum, i. e. holding the velamenta (v. h. v. I. C.), Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 101; cf.:

velati ramis oleae,

Verg. A. 11, 101. —

Milit. t. t.; P. a. as subst.: vēlāti, ōrum, m., soldiers who wore only a cloak; only in the phrase accensi velati, a kind of supernumerary troops who followed the army to fill the places of any who might fall, Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40; and in late Lat. inscrr. freq. sing.:

ACCENSVS VELATVS, one such soldier,

Inscr. Orell. 111; 1368; 2153; 2182; v. accenseo, P. a. B.—

Trop., to hide, conceal (post-Aug.; several times in Tac.;

otherwise rare): odium fallacibus blanditiis,

Tac. A. 14, 56:

externa falsis armis,

id. H. 4, 32; cf. id. A. 12, 61:

primas adulescentis cupidines,

id. ib. 13, 13:

culpam invidiā,

id. ib. 6, 29: scelere velandum est scelus, Sen. Hippol. 721:

nihil (with omittere),

Plin. Pan. 56, 1.—Hence, * vēlātō, adv., through a veil, darkly, obscurely:

deum discere,

Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 29.

vexillum, i, n. [dim. of vēlum], a military ensign, standard, banner, flag.

In gen., Caes. B. G. 6, 36; Cic. Phil. 2, 40, 102; 5, 11, 29; id. Att. 10, 15, 2; id. Agr. 2, 32, 86; Tac. A. 1, 20 al.—

In partic., a red flag placed on the general's tent, as a signal for marching or for battle: vexillum proponere, to raise or display, Caes. B. G. 2, 20:

vexillo signum dare,

id. B. C. 3, 89 fin. —

Transf., the troops belonging to a vexillum, a company, troop, Liv. 8, 8; Tac. H. 1, 70; Stat. Th. 12, 782.—

Trop.:

Fortunae,

Stat. S. 4, 2, 43.