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old imper. of volo

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vel conj. Source etymology: old imper. of volo , choose, take your choice, or if you will, or as you prefer, or at least, or what is the same thing, or else, or: orabant (sc. Ubii), ut sibi auxilium ferret . . . vel . . . exercitum modo Rhenum transportaret, or at least, Cs.: eius modi coniunctionem tectorum oppidum vel urbem appellaverunt: in ardore caelesti, qui aether vel caelum nominatur.—Poet.: Aeneas pariter pietate vel armis Egregius, i. e. whether you consider, etc., V.—Esp., correcting what precedes; with potius, or rather, or more exactly: ex hoc populo indomito vel potius inmani: cessit auctoritati amplissimi viri vel potius paruit: ludorum plausūs vel testimonia potius: tu certe numquam in hoc ordine vel potius numquam in hac urbe mansisses.—With etiam, or even: laudanda est vel etiam amanda vicinitas: si tantum auxilia, vel si etiam filium misisset.—Praegn., or rather, or even: regnum occupare conatus est, vel regnavit is quidem paucos mensīs, or even: Capua ab duce eorum Capye, vel, quod propius vero est, a campestri agro appellata, L.—In an exclusive opposition, or in the opposite case, or: id autem nec nasci potest nec mori, vel concidat omne caelum necesse est.—As co-ordinate, repeated, either . . . or, whether . . . or, be it . . . or, both . . . and (when the alternatives are indifferent or mutually consistent): Allobrogibus sese vel persuasuros . . . existimabant, vel vi coacturos, ut, etc., Cs.: maximum virtutis vel documentum, vel officium: animus vel bello vel paci paratus, L.: nihil illo fuisset excellentius vel in vitiis vel in virtutibus, N. —After aut, with subordinate alternatives: habere ea, quae secundum naturam sint, vel omnia vel plurima et maxima, all or at least the most important.—More than twice, whether . . . or . . . or: hance tu mihi vel vi vel clam vel precario Fac tradas, T.: vel quod ita vivit vel quod ita rem p. gerit vel quod ita factus est.—The last vel is often strengthened by etiam: quae vel ad usum vitae vel etiam ad ipsam rem p. conferre possumus, or even: in mediocribus vel studiis vel officiis, vel vero etiam negotiis.—After neque, nor: neque satis Bruto . . . vel tribunis militum constabat, quid agerent, Cs.—Followed by aut, or . . . or (late): ubi regnat Protogenes aliquis vel Diphilus aut Erimarchus, Iu.

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An Elementary Latin Dictionary (1890) — Perseus Digital Library
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