Socratos Sign in

velamina

velamina is a Latin form of velamen, meaning “veil; for nun/Muslim); covering”. It is the accusative plural neuter noun.

Found 29 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Vergil, Georgics 3.313: usum in castrorum et miseris velamina nautis.

Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.115: Sed timidi est optare necem.” Velamina Thisbes

Silius Italicus, Punica 10.570: murice suspirans inicit uelamina et auro

All forms of velamen (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.