velitesn.

/ˈviːlɪtiːz/

Etymology: < Latin vēlitēs, plural of vēlit-, vēles. So French vélites.

With plural agreement. Light-armed soldiers employed as skirmishers in the Roman armies.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > light-armed Roman troops

velites1600

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. 532 The light armed darters (called Velites)..so assailed the defendants, that they [etc.].

1641 E. Dering Four Speeches Laud iii. 9 [As] the Roman Velites, who did use to begin the Battaile, so shall I but vilitande, and skirmish, whilst the maine Battaile is setting forwards.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Velites, in the Roman Army, a kind of antient Soldiery, who were arm'd with a Javelin, a Cask, Cuirasse, and Shield.

a1824 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XVI. 191 Of the velites, or youngest and fourth order of troops,..Polybius makes no mention in his details of Roman castrametation.

1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour iv. 59 The velites, or light infantry, whose entire equipment was in exact conformity with their distinctive denomination.

1892 L. Villari tr. P. Villari Life & Times Machiavelli (new ed.) II. viii. 326 [Transl. M.'s Art of War] In order that the battalion may be protected on all sides..it is strengthened by 1500 extra foot soldiers, of whom 1000 are armed with pikes,..and 500 velites.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	velites
释义	velitesn. /ˈviːlɪtiːz/ Etymology: < Latin vēlitēs, plural of vēlit-, vēles. So French vélites. With plural agreement. Light-armed soldiers employed as skirmishers in the Roman armies. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > light-armed Roman troops velites1600 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. 532 The light armed darters (called Velites)..so assailed the defendants, that they [etc.]. 1641 E. Dering Four Speeches Laud iii. 9 [As] the Roman Velites, who did use to begin the Battaile, so shall I but vilitande, and skirmish, whilst the maine Battaile is setting forwards. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Velites, in the Roman Army, a kind of antient Soldiery, who were arm'd with a Javelin, a Cask, Cuirasse, and Shield. a1824 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XVI. 191 Of the velites, or youngest and fourth order of troops,..Polybius makes no mention in his details of Roman castrametation. 1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour iv. 59 The velites, or light infantry, whose entire equipment was in exact conformity with their distinctive denomination. 1892 L. Villari tr. P. Villari Life & Times Machiavelli (new ed.) II. viii. 326 [Transl. M.'s Art of War] In order that the battalion may be protected on all sides..it is strengthened by 1500 extra foot soldiers, of whom 1000 are armed with pikes,..and 500 velites. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1600
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