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Veles
Veles
Translingual
Proper noun
Veles m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Caprimulgidae.
References
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276
veles
veles
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈweː.les/, [ˈweː.ɫɛs]
Noun
vēles m (genitive vēlitis); third declension
- Skirmisher, javelineer, light-armed footsoldier.
Verb
vēlēs
- second-person singular present active subjunctive of vēlō
References
- veles in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- veles in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “veles”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- veles in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers