velut

Latin

Alternative forms

• velud
• velutī

Etymology

vel +‎ ut

Adverb

velut (not comparable)

1. even as, as, just as, like, as if

   Synonyms: sīcut, ut, tamquam, quasi

   • 1230, “O Fortuna”, in Carmina Burana:

     O fortuna uelud luna ſtatu uariabiliſ...

     Oh Fortune, like the Moon of variable state...

2. namely, that is to say, to be specific

   re contrahitur obligatio velut mutui datione

   an obligation contracted by (transferring) the thing, namely, by giving it in mutuum

   Cf. On the so-called Real Contract in the Institutes of Gaius

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.