velum

See also: vellum

Contents

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin velum (“veil, sail”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈviːləm/, /ˈvɛləm/

NounEdit

velum (plural vela or velums)

1. A thin membrane, resembling a veil, such as:
   1. (anatomy) The soft palate.
   2. (botany) A thin membrane partially covering the cluster of sporangia near the leaf base in quillworts and their extinct relatives.
   3. (mycology) A veil-like membrane of immature mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is torn by growth, to reveal the gills.
   4. (malacology) A locomotory and feeding organ provided with cilia found in the larval stage of bivalves.
   5. (zoology) A circular membrane round the cap of medusa.
   6. A delicate membrane found on certain protists.
2. (meteorology) An accessory cloud resembling a veil extending over a large distance. Normally associated with cumulus and cumulonimbus.

Related termsEdit

• velar

AnagramsEdit

• mvule

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LatinEdit

vēla rubra (red sails)

Alternative formsEdit

• uelum

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Indo-European *weg- (“to weave a web”) or *weǵʰ- (“to ride”), thus "that which propels" (compare its diminutive noun vexillum, as in pālus, paxillus).

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈweː.lum/, [ˈweː.lũ]

• Audio (Classical)

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NounEdit

vēlum n (genitive vēlī); second declension

1. the sail of a ship
2. a cloth, curtain, veil, awning

InflectionEdit

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	vēlum	vēla
genitive	vēlī	vēlōrum
dative	vēlō	vēlīs
accusative	vēlum	vēla
ablative	vēlō	vēlīs
vocative	vēlum	vēla

Derived termsEdit

• vēlāris
• vēlārium
• vēlārius
• vēlifer
• vēlificātiō
• vēlificium

• vēlificō
• vēlificor
• vēlificus
• vēliger
• vexillum

Related termsEdit

• vēlābrum
• vēlāmen
• vēlāmentum

• vēlātiō
• vēlātō
• vēlō

DescendantsEdit

• Albanian: vel
• Catalan: vel, vela
• Dalmatian: vaila
• English: veil, velum
• Esperanto: vualo
• French: voile
• Friulian: vele

• Italian: vela, velo
• Occitan: vela
• Portuguese: vela, véu
• Romanian: văl, velă
• Romansch: vela, vel
• Sardinian: vela, bela
• Spanish: vela, velo

ReferencesEdit

• velum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• velum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• velum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• velum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to put to sea: vela in altum dare (Liv. 25. 27)
    
  • (ambiguous) to set the sails: vela facere, pandere
    
  • (ambiguous) to set the sails: vela dare
    
  • (ambiguous) to furl the sails: vela contrahere (also metaph.)
    
  • (ambiguous) sails and rigging: vela armamentaque
    
• velum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers