velut

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

vel + ut

Adverb

velut (not comparable)

  1. even as, as, just as, like, as if
    Synonyms: tamquam, quasi
    • 1230, Carmina Burana (“O Fortuna”)
      O fortuna uelud luna ſtatu uariabiliſ...
      Oh Fortune, like the Moon of variable state...
  2. namely, that is to say, to be specific

References

  • velut”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • velut”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • velut in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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