velum

Definitiones

1. a cloth, covering, curtain, veil, awning
   declension-2
2. the sail of a ship
   declension-2, plural-normally
3. the soft palate
   declension-2

Aequivalentia

Exempla

“Sed sī cancellī sint vel vēla, lēgārī poterunt, nōn tamen fistulae vel castellī.”

But while bar-doors or their veils can be legated, not so water-pipes or water-basins.

“Ausoniōs fīnēs cūr mea vēla volunt?”

Why do my sails incline toward Italian shores? (Ausonia: Ancient Greek name for lower Italy.)

“velum adversa ferit”

strikes the sail head-on.

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