vela

vela is a Latin form of velum, meaning “sail; covering”. It is the accusative plural neuter noun or 2nd person singular present active imperative.

It can also be a form of velo, “veil, cover; (velum) sail; curtain”.

Found 263 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.5.88: princeps Cleomenes in quadriremi Centuripina malum erigi, vela fieri, praecidi ancoras imperavit, et simul ut se ceteri sequerentur signum dari iussit. haec Centuripina nav …

Vergil, Aeneid 3.207: Vela cadunt, remis insurgimus; haud mora nautae

Suetonius, Divus Claudius 10.1: … cesserat; neque multo post rumore caedis exterritus prorepsit ad solarium proximum interque praetenta foribus uela se abdidit.

All forms of velum (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.