with oars and sails

vēlum, i, n. [root var, to cover; cf. vellus, and v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 459], a cloth, covering, awning, curtain, veil:

tabernacula carbaseis intenta velis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30:

velis amictos non togis,

id. Cat. 2, 10, 22:

eadem (i. e. uxor) si quando recito, in proximo, discreta velo, sedet,

Plin. Ep. 4, 19, 3.—So of chamber-curtains, hangings, Suet. Claud. 10; Juv. 6, 228; 9, 105:

adlevare,

Sen. Ep. 80, 1.—Of the awnings stretched over the theatre or other public places as a protection from the sun, Lucr. 4, 75; Prop. 4 (5), 1, 15; Ov. A. A. 1, 103; Inscr. Orell. 2219; Val. Max. 2, 4, 6; cf. Plin. 19, 1, 6, § 23:

multis simulationum involucris tegitur et quasi velis quibusdam obtenditur unius cujusque natura,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5, § 15.—

Esp., a sail (in good prose usually in plur.).

Plur.:

scindere vela,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 18:

ad id, unde aliquis flatus ostenditur, vela do,

Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 187:

dare,

id. Or. 23, 75; Liv. 31, 45, 11; Quint. 10, 3, 7; Hor. C. 1, 34, 4:

facere,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 4, 9; Verg. A. 5, 281; cf.

fieri,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88:

pandere,

Quint. 6, 1, 52:

solvere,

Verg. A. 4, 574:

deducere,

Ov. M. 3, 663:

dirigere ad castra Corneliana,

Caes. B. C. 2, 25:

quo utinam velis passis pervehi liceat!

Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 119:

contrahere,

id. Att. 1, 16, 2; Quint. 12, praef. § 4; Hor. C. 2, 10, 24:

subducere, Auct. B. Alex. 45, 3: legere,

Verg. G. 1, 373:

tendunt vela Noti,

id. A. 3, 268:

ventis inplere,

id. ib. 7, [p. 1966] 23:

classem velis aptare,

id. ib. 3, 472.— Poet., of wings:

pennarum,

Lucr. 6, 744. —

Sing.:

navale velum,

Macr. S. 5, 21, 5:

in pontum vento secundo, velo passo pervenit,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 45; id. Mil. 4, 8, 7; id. Ep. 1, 1, 47; Verg. A. 1, 103; 1, 400; Ov. H. 13, 101:

pleno concita velo puppis,

id. M. 7, 491; 11, 483 al.—

Prov.: remis velisque, with oars and sails, i. e. with tooth and nail, with might and main:

res velis, ut ita dicam, remisque fugienda,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 11, 25; cf.:

remigio veloque quantum potis es festina et fuge,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 5 (cf. the similar phrase, remis ventisque, sub remus); cf.:

non agimur tumidis velis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 201:

plenissimis velis navigare,

Cic. Dom. 10, 24.—

Trop.:

utrum panderem vela orationis statim, an, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 5, 9:

dare vela Famae,

Mart. 8, 70, 6:

voti contrahe vela tui,

Ov. P. 1, 8, 72:

velis majoribus,

with more zeal, id. A. A. 2, 725; id. F. 2, 3:

in quo tu ingenii simul dolorisque velis latissime vectus es,

Plin. Ep. 4, 20, 2:

dedimus vela indignationi, dedimus irae,

id. ib. 6, 33, 10:

pande vela, ac, si quando alias, toto ingenio vehere,

id. ib. 8, 4, 5.

āla, ae, f. [for axla, contr. from axilla, Cic. Or. 45, 153; cf. anchos = ômos (Hesych.) = shoulder = O. H. Germ. Ahsala; Germ. Achsel].

Lit., a wing, as of a bird: galli plausu premunt alas, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 26; Verg. A. 3, 226 al.: Me. Vox mihi ad aurīs advolavit. So. Ne ego homo infelix fui, qui non alas intervelli, that I did not pluck off its wings, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 170.— Poet., of the gods:

Mors atris circumvolat alis,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 58:

volucris Fati Tardavit alas,

id. C. 2, 17, 25:

bibulae Cupidinis alae,

Ov. A. A. 1, 233:

furvis circumdatus alis Somnus,

Tib. 2, 1, 89:

me jocundis Sopor impulit alis,

Prop. 1, 3, 45:

Madidis Notus evolat alis,

Ov. M. 1, 264.—Of sails:

velorum pandimus alas,

Verg. A. 3, 520.—Of oars:

classis centenis remiget alis,

Prop. 4, 6, 47:

remigium alarum,

Verg. A. 1, 301 (cf. Hom. Od. 11, 125);

so inversely remi is used of wings: super fluctus alarum insistere remis,

Ov. M. 5, 558 (cf. pterois eressei, Eur. Iphig. Taur. 289; Aeschyl. Agam. 52; and cf. Lucr. 6, 743). —Of wind and lightning:

Nisus Emicat et ventis et fulminis ocior alis,

Verg. A. 5, 319 al. —

Transf.

In man, the upper and under part of the arm, where it unites with the shoulder; the armpit, Liv. 9, 41; 30, 34:

aliquid sub alā portare,

Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 12:

hirquinae,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 51:

hirsutae,

Hor. Epod. 12, 5:

halitus oris et alarum vitia,

Plin. 21, 20, 83, § 142:

virus alarum et sudores,

id. 35, 15, 52, § 185:

sudor alarum,

Petr. 128 (many Romans were accustomed to pluck out the hair from the armpits, Sen. Ep. 114; Juv. 11, 157; v. alipilus).—

In animals, the hollow where the foreleg is joined to the shoulder; the shoulder - blade. —Of elephants, Plin. 11, 40, 95, § 324.—Of frogs, Plin. 9, 51, 74, § 159.—

In trees and plants, the hollow where the branch unites with the stem, Plin. 16, 7, 10, § 29; so id. 22, 18, 21, § 45; 25, 5, 18, § 38 al.—

In buildings, the wings, the side apartments on the right and left of the court, the side halls or porches, the colonnades; called also in Gr. ptera, Vitr. 6, 4, 137; 4, 7, 92.—

In milit. lang., the wing of an army (thus conceived of as a bird of prey), commonly composed of the Roman cavalry and the troops of the allies, esp. their horsemen; hence, alarii in contrast with legionarii, and separated from them in enumeration, also having a leader, called praefectus alae, Tac. H. 2, 59 al.; cf. Lips. de Milit. Rom. 1, 10 Manut.; Cic. Fam. 2, 17 fin.; Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 1, 51; Smith, Dict. Antiq.; Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 4, 6; cf. Gell. 10, 9, 1:

Alae, equites: ob hoc alae dicti, quia pedites tegunt alarum vice,

Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 121: peditatu, equitibus atque alis cum hostium legionibus pugnavit, Cato ap. Gell. 15, 9, 5; Cic. Off. 2, 13, 45:

dextera ala (in alas divisum socialem exercitum habebat) in primā acie locata est,

Liv. 31, 21; Vell. 2, 117 al.—An ala, as a military division, usu. consisted of about 500 men, Liv. 10, 29.

—So, Ala Flaviana, Ala Nova, et saep. (cf. castrum, II. 1. fin.).

rēmus, i, m. [eretmos], an oar.

Lit., Plaut. As. 3, 1, 16:

ut retinet navis cursum, intermisso impetu pulsuque remorum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 153; Caes. B. G. 3, 13:

remis navem incitare,

id. ib. 3, 14;

4, 25: remis contendere,

id. ib. 5, 8; Verg. A. 1, 104; 552; Hor. Epod. 10, 6; id. A. P. 65:

incumbere remis,

Verg. A. 10, 294:

remis insurgere,

id. ib. 3, 207;

560: inpellere aequora remis,

Ov. M. 3, 657.—Prov.: remis velisque, velis remisque, remis ventisque; also, ventis remis, with sails and oars, i. e. with all one ' s might, with all possible speed:

ita citi remis velisque impellite puppim,

Sil. 1, 568:

res omni contentione, velis, ut ita dicam, remisque fugienda,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 11, 25:

laevam cuncta cohors remis ventisque petivit,

Verg. A. 3, 563:

inde ventis remis in patriam omni festinatione properavi,

Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 3 (cf.:

remigio veloque festinare,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 5).—

Poet., transf., of the wings of birds:

alarum,

Ov. M. 5, 558:

pennarum (Icari),

Sil. 12, 98.—

Of the hands and feet of a swimmer,

Ov. H. 18, 215.—

Trop.:

quaerebam, utrum panderem vela orationis statim, an eam ante paululum dialecticorum remis propellerem,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 5, 9 (shortly before, remigare; opp. vela facere).

Rĕmus, i, m., the brother of Romulus, Liv. 1, 5; 1, 7; Cic. Rep. 2, 2, 4; id. Div. 2, 38, 80; Verg. G. 2, 533; Ov. F. 3, 41; 4, 56; 5, 464.—In the poets, as the ancestor of the Romans, instead of the more usual Romulus:

glubit magnanimos Remi nepotes,

Cat. 58, 6:

turba,

Juv. 10, 73 Rupert.:

plebs,

Mart. 10, 76, 4:

regna prima Remi,

Prop. 2, 1, 23:

domus,

id. 4 (5), 1, 9:

culmina,

Stat. S. 2, 7, 60:

signa,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 80.

Rēmus, v. Remi, I.

rēmus, i, m. [eretmos], an oar.

Lit., Plaut. As. 3, 1, 16:

ut retinet navis cursum, intermisso impetu pulsuque remorum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 153; Caes. B. G. 3, 13:

remis navem incitare,

id. ib. 3, 14;

4, 25: remis contendere,

id. ib. 5, 8; Verg. A. 1, 104; 552; Hor. Epod. 10, 6; id. A. P. 65:

incumbere remis,

Verg. A. 10, 294:

remis insurgere,

id. ib. 3, 207;

560: inpellere aequora remis,

Ov. M. 3, 657.—Prov.: remis velisque, velis remisque, remis ventisque; also, ventis remis, with sails and oars, i. e. with all one ' s might, with all possible speed:

ita citi remis velisque impellite puppim,

Sil. 1, 568:

res omni contentione, velis, ut ita dicam, remisque fugienda,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 11, 25:

laevam cuncta cohors remis ventisque petivit,

Verg. A. 3, 563:

inde ventis remis in patriam omni festinatione properavi,

Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 3 (cf.:

remigio veloque festinare,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 5).—

Poet., transf., of the wings of birds:

alarum,

Ov. M. 5, 558:

pennarum (Icari),

Sil. 12, 98.—

Of the hands and feet of a swimmer,

Ov. H. 18, 215.—

Trop.:

quaerebam, utrum panderem vela orationis statim, an eam ante paululum dialecticorum remis propellerem,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 5, 9 (shortly before, remigare; opp. vela facere).

Rĕmus, i, m., the brother of Romulus, Liv. 1, 5; 1, 7; Cic. Rep. 2, 2, 4; id. Div. 2, 38, 80; Verg. G. 2, 533; Ov. F. 3, 41; 4, 56; 5, 464.—In the poets, as the ancestor of the Romans, instead of the more usual Romulus:

glubit magnanimos Remi nepotes,

Cat. 58, 6:

turba,

Juv. 10, 73 Rupert.:

plebs,

Mart. 10, 76, 4:

regna prima Remi,

Prop. 2, 1, 23:

domus,

id. 4 (5), 1, 9:

culmina,

Stat. S. 2, 7, 60:

signa,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 80.

Rēmus, v. Remi, I.

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