velificor
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [weːˈlɪ.fɪ.kɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [veˈliː.fi.kor]
Verb
vēlificor (present infinitive vēlificārī, perfect active vēlificātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- (nautical) to make sail, spread sail, set sail
- (nautical, with dative) to set sail for
- (figurative, by extension) to strive for
- (figurative, by extension) to procure, earn
- Florus, Epitome of Roman history 1.3.5:
- Brutus vero favori civium etiam domus suae clade et parricidio velificatus est.
- Brutus even earned the favor of the people by the destruction of his household and murder of his relatives
- Brutus vero favori civium etiam domus suae clade et parricidio velificatus est.
Conjugation
Conjugation of vēlificor (first conjugation, deponent)
References
- “velificor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “velificor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- velificor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.