verbthird conjugation
vellō
vellō (present infinitive vellere, perfect active vulsī or vellī, supine vulsum)
Classical[ˈwɛl.loː]Ecclesiastical[ˈvɛl.lo]
Meaning
- to pluck out (feathers, etc.)
- to depilate
quod pectus, quod crura tibi, quod bracchia vellis.
Martialis, Epigrammata - to pull or tear down; to demolish
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
leviter trahōvellō / vellicō -āre — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 19
carpō, ēvellōvellō -ere — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 10 and Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 4
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | vellō | vellēbam | vellam | vulsī vellī | vulseram velleram | vulserō vellerō |
| 2nd sg. | vellis | vellēbās | vellēs | vulsistī vellistī | vulserās vellerās | vulseris velleris |
| 3rd sg. | vellit | vellēbat | vellet | vulsit vellit | vulserat vellerat | vulserit vellerit |
| 1st pl. | vellimus | vellēbāmus | vellēmus | vulsimus vellimus | vulserāmus vellerāmus | vulserimus vellerimus |
| 2nd pl. | vellitis | vellēbātis | vellētis | vulsistis vellistis | vulserātis vellerātis | vulseritis velleritis |
| 3rd pl. | vellunt | vellēbant | vellent | vulsērunt vulsēre, vellērunt, vellēre | vulserant vellerant | vulserint vellerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | vellam | vellerem | vulserim vellerim | vulsissem vellissem |
| 2nd sg. | vellās | vellerēs | vulserīs vellerīs | vulsissēs vellissēs |
| 3rd sg. | vellat | velleret | vulserit vellerit | vulsisset vellisset |
| 1st pl. | vellāmus | vellerēmus | vulserīmus vellerīmus | vulsissēmus vellissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | vellātis | vellerētis | vulserītis vellerītis | vulsissētis vellissētis |
| 3rd pl. | vellant | vellerent | vulserint vellerint | vulsissent vellissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | vellor | vellēbar | vellar |
| 2nd sg. | velleris vellere | vellēbāris vellēbāre | vellēris vellēre |
| 3rd sg. | vellitur | vellēbātur | vellētur |
| 1st pl. | vellimur | vellēbāmur | vellēmur |
| 2nd pl. | velliminī | vellēbāminī | vellēminī |
| 3rd pl. | velluntur | vellēbantur | vellentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | vellar | vellerer |
| 2nd sg. | vellāris vellāre | vellerēris vellerēre |
| 3rd sg. | vellātur | vellerētur |
| 1st pl. | vellāmur | vellerēmur |
| 2nd pl. | vellāminī | vellerēminī |
| 3rd pl. | vellantur | vellerentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | velle | vellere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | vellite | velliminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | vellitō | vellitor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | vellitō | vellitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | vellitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | velluntō | velluntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | vellere | vellī |
| perfect infinitive | vulsisse vellisse | vulsum esse |
| future infinitive | vulsūrum esse | vulsum īrī |
| present participle | vellēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | vulsus vulsa, vulsā, vulsae, vulsam, vulsārum, vulsās, vulse, vulsīs, vulsō, vulsōrum, vulsōs |
| future participle | vulsūrus vulsūra, vulsūrā, vulsūrae, vulsūram, vulsūrārum, vulsūrās, vulsūre, vulsūrī, vulsūrīs, vulsūrō, vulsūrōrum, vulsūrōs, vulsūrum | vellendus vellundus, vellenda, vellendā, vellendae, vellendam, vellendārum, vellendās, vellende, vellendīs, vellendōrum, vellendōs |
gerundvellendī, vellendō, vellendumsupinevulsum, vulsū
vello, vulsi, vulsum (
I. perf. velli, Calp. Ecl. 4, 155; Prisc. 10, 6, 36, p. 897 P.; Diom. 1, p. 369 ib.; ante-class. form of sup. volsum; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 576), 3, v. a. prob. akin to ἕλ-κω.
I. Prop.
A. Of animals, to pluck or pull, i. e. to deprive of the hair, feathers, etc.:
oves, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 9; Plin. 8, 48, 73, § 190: anseres, id. 10, 22, 27, § 53.—B. Of things.
1. In gen., to pluck, pull, or tear out, away, or up; in simple constr.:
plumas anserum, Col. 8, 13, 3: caudae pilos equinae, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 45: barbam, id. S. 1, 3, 133: tot spicula, Verg. A. 10, 889: comam, Mart. 5, 37, 19: cuneum vellito, statimque surculos in ea foramina immittito, Col. 5, 11, 5; cf. id. Arb. 26, 4: signa, to take up, i. e. march, Verg. A. 11, 19; cf.: ut vellerent signa et Romam proficiscerentur, Liv. 3, 50, 11: mors viscera vulsit, Luc. 6, 546.—With ab and abl.: postes a cardine vellit, Verg. A. 2, 480: albos a stirpe capillos, Prop. 3 (4), 25, 13. asparagum ab radice, Plin. 19, 8, 42, § 149.—With abl. alone: aut castris audebit vellere signa, Verg. G. 4, 108: genae florem primaevo corpore vulsit, Luc. 6, 562: adfixam oculo sagittam, id. 6, 218: vulsis pectore telis, id. 6, 232; cf.: unguibus et raras vellentem dentibus herbas, Ov. M. 8,800.—With de and abl.: hastam ... de cespite vellit, Verg. A. 11, 566: herbas de caespite, Luc. 4, 414.—2. Esp.
a. To pluck, pull, or tear down or away:
cum pars vellerent vallum, atque in fossas proruerent, Liv. 9, 14, 9; 10, 2, 5: munimenta, id. 2, 25, 3.—b. To pluck, pull, pick, or gather fruit, etc.:
modo nata malā vellere poma manu, Tib. 3, 5, 20.—c. To pull, twitch, etc.:
aurem, Verg. E. 6, 4; cf. id. Cop. 38; Calp. Ecl. 4, 155; Amm. 22, 3, 12: vellere coepi Et prensare manu lentissima bracchia, Hor. S. 1, 9, 63: latus digitis, Ov. A. A. 1, 606.—d. To be plucked or pulled, i. e. to have the hair pulled out by the roots:
circa corporis curam morosior, ut non solum tonderetur diligenter ac raderetur, sed velleretur etiam, Suet. Caes. 45.—II. Trop., to tear, torment:
sed mea secreto velluntur pectora morsu, Stat. S. 5, 2, 3.—Hence, P. a.: vulsus (volsus), a, um. A. Lit., shorn, plucked, smooth, beardless, hairless:
istum gallum Glabriorem reddes mihi quam volsus ludiust, Plaut. Aul. 2, 9, 6: vulsi levatique et inustas comas acu comentes, Quint. 2, 5, 12: corpus vulsum, id. 5, 9, 14: eadem (corpora) si quis vulsa atque fucata muliebriter comat, id. 8, prooem. 19: nepos, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 23.—B. Suffering convulsions, spasmodic, Plin. 21, 19, 74, § 126; 23, 1, 16, § 25.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
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.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *welnō, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- (“to hit, strike”) (whence also vulnus, Czech válka, Old Norse valkyrja). The past participle was analogously changed from Proto-Italic *woltos to vulsus; a more logical outcome would be *vultus. See pellō for a similar analogy. Compare typologically a semantic shift in the opposite direction Russian дра́ться (drátʹsja) <драть (dratʹ) (akin to выдира́ть (vydirátʹ)).
Descendants
- Italianvellere
- Romanianbeli
- Romanianbelire
- Aromanianbilescu
- Aromanianbiliri