veles

See also: Veles, velés, vêlés, and vêles

English

Noun

veles

1. plural of vele

Anagrams

• elves, veels

Asturian

Noun

veles

1. plural of vela

Catalan

Noun

veles

1. plural of vela

Ladin

Noun

veles

1. plural of vela

Latin

Etymology 1

Referred to vēlōx, volō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯eː.les/, [ˈu̯eːɫ̪ɛs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈve.les/, [ˈvɛːles]

Noun

vēles m (genitive vēlitis); third declension

1. Skirmisher, javelineer, light-armed footsoldier.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vēles	vēlitēs
Genitive	vēlitis	vēlitum
Dative	vēlitī	vēlitibus
Accusative	vēlitem	vēlitēs
Ablative	vēlite	vēlitibus
Vocative	vēles	vēlitēs

Derived terms

• vēlitātiō
• vēlitor

Etymology 2

Verb

vēlēs

1. 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
• veles in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “veles”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Middle English

Noun

veles

1. plural of veel

Portuguese

Verb

veles

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of velar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeles/ [ˈbe.les]
• Rhymes: -eles
• Syllabification: ve‧les

Verb

veles

1. second-person singular imperative of ir combined with les
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of velar
3. inflection of ver:
   1. second-person singular imperative combined with les
   2. second-person singular voseo imperative combined with les