adverb
velut
velut (not comparable)
Classical[ˈwɛ.ɫʊt]Ecclesiastical[ˈvɛː.lut]
№ 447 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- not comparableeven as, as, just as, like, as if
O fortuna uelud luna ſtatu uariabiliſ...
Oh Fortune, like the Moon of variable state...1230, “O Fortuna”, in Carmina Burana: - not comparablenamely, that is to say, to be specific
re contrahitur obligatio velut mutui datione
an obligation contracted by (transferring) the thing, namely, by giving it in mutuumCf. On the so-called Real Contract in the Institutes of Gaius
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
sīcut, quasivelut — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 26
vĕl-ut or vĕl-ŭti, adv. (cf. vel, II.),
I. even as, just as, like as.
I. Correl., with a foll. sic or ita (very rare).
A. In gen.:
velut in cantu et fidibus, sic ex corporis totius naturā et figurā varios motus ciere, Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 20 (al. vel ut): cum velut Sagunti excidium Hannibali, sic, etc., Liv. 31, 18, 9: velut per fistulam, ita per apertam vitis medullam umor trahitur, Col. 3, 18, 5.—B. In partic., to introduce comparisons: veluti Consul, cum, etc. ... sic exspectabat populus, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 87 Vahl.):
ac veluti magno in populo cum saepe coorta est Seditio ... Sic, etc., Verg. A. 1 148; v. infra, II. B. 2., and atque, II. 4.—II. Absol.
A. In gen.:
studeo hunc lenonem perdere, velut meum erum macerat, Plaut. Poen. 4, 1, 2: cum repente instructas velut in acie certo gradulegiones accedere Galli viderent, Hirt. B. G. 8, 9: ne vitam silentio transeant veluti pecora, quae, etc., Sall. C. 1, 1: veluti qui sentibus anguem Pressit, Verg. A. 2, 379. —With abl. absol.: cum velut inter pugnae fugaeque consilium trepidante equitatu, Liv. 1, 14, 8 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf. id. 1, 31, 3; 1, 29, 4; 1, 53, 5; 2, 12, 13.—B. In partic.
1. To connect, by way of example, a single instance with an established general proposition, as, for instance, for example:
hoc est incepta efficere pulchre, veluti mihi Evenit, ut ovans praedā onustus incederem, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 145; id. Rud. 3, 1, 4; id. Merc. 2, 1, 3; cf. id. Aul. 3, 4, 3; id. Curc. 5, 3, 4; id. Truc. 2, 1, 35; 2, 7, 19: numquam tam male est Siculis, quin aliquid facete et commode dicant: veluti in hac re aiebant, In labores Herculis, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 95: ut illi dubia quaedam res ... probetur: velut apud Socraticum Aeschinem demonstrat Socrates, etc., id. Inv. 1, 31, 51: est etiam admiratio nonnulla in bestiis aquatilibus iis, quae gignuntur in terrā. Veluti crocodili, etc., id. N. D. 2, 48, 124; id. Fin. 2, 35, 116; cf.: multa conjecta sunt aliud alio tempore, velut hoc, etc., id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 7, § 23: velut in hac quaestione plerique dixerunt, id. N. D. 1, 1, 2: velut iste chorus virtutum in eculeum inpositus imagines constituit, id. Tusc. 5, 5, 13: aliae quoque artes minores habent multiplicem materiam, velut architectonice, Quint. 2, 21, 8: sermonibus ejus fruebar, veluti fuit illa sermocinatio, Gell. 19, 8, 1.—2. To introduce a comparison or figurative expression, as, like, as it were: concurrunt veluti venti, cum spiritus Austri, etc., Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 423 Vahl.); 6, 3 (ib. v. 431 ib.):
frena dabat Sipylus, veluti cum, etc., Ov. M. 6, 231: migrantes cernas totāque ex urbe ruentes, Ac, veluti ingentem formicae farris acervum Cum populant, etc., Verg. A. 4, 402; cf. supra, I. B.: hic velut hereditate relictum odium paternum conservavit, etc., Nep. Hann. 1, 3: quoddam simplex orationis condimentum, quod sentitur latente judicio velut palato, Quint. 6, 3, 19: ducetur rerum ipsā serie velut duce, id. 10, 7, 6: haec velut sagina dicendi, id. 10, 5, 17: inaequalia tantum et velut confragosa, id. 8, 5, 29: haec est velut imperatoria virtus, id. 7, 10, 13.—3. To introduce a hypothetical comparative clause, just as if, just as though, as if, as though.
a. Usually velut si:
absentis Ariovisti crudelitatem, velut si coram adesset, horrerent, Caes. B. G. 1, 32: tantus patres metus de summā rerum cepit, velut si jam ad portas hostis esset, Liv. 21, 16, 2; Quint. 2, 13, 1: velut si urbem adgressurus Scipio foret, ita, etc., Liv. 29, 28, 9: facies inducitur illis (corporibus mixtis) Una, velut si quis, etc., Ov. M. 4, 375.—b. Sometimes, in this sense, velut alone:
saepe, velut gemmas ejus signumque probarem, Per causam memini me tetigisse manum, Tib. 1, 6, 25 (21); Ov. M. 4, 596: velut ea res nihil ad religionem pertinuisset, Liv. 2, 36, 1: velut abundarent omnia, id. 2, 41, 9: me quoque juvat, velut ipse in parte laboris ac periculi fuerim, ad finem pervenisse, etc., id. 31, 1, 1 Weissenb. ad loc.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
vel-ut or vel-utī adv.
—In a comparison, even as, just as, like as, like: ne vitam silentio transeant veluti pecora, quae, etc., S.: veluti qui sentibus anguem Pressit, like one who, etc., V.: velut in cantu et fidibus, sic ex corporis totius naturā et figurā varios motūs cieri: cum velut Sagunti excidium Hannibali, sic, etc., L.—Introducing an example, as, for instance, for example: numquam tam male est Siculis, quin aliquid facete et commode dicant; velut in hac re aiebant, etc. —Esp, in a hypothetical comparison, in the phrase, velut si, just as if, just as though, as if, as though: absentis Ariovisti crudelitatem, velut si coram adesset, horrerent, Cs.: patres metus cepit, velut si iam ad portas hostis esset, L.: facies inducitur illis (corporibus mixtis) Una, velut si quis, etc., O.—With abl absol.: cum velut inter pugnae fugaeque consilium trepidante equitatu, L.: velut diis cum patriā relictis, L.—Just as if, as though: Inque sinūs caros, veluti cognosceret, ibat, O.: velut ea res nihil ad religionem pertinuisset, L.
Origins
From vel + ut.