velificor

vēlĭfĭcor, ātus ( inf. parag. velificarier, Afr. Com. 267), 1, v. dep. n. [velum-facio], to make sail, spread sail, sail.

I.

Lit. (rare;

not in Cic.): (ratis) Caerula ad infernos velificata lacus,

Prop. 2, 28 (3, 25), 40:

velificantes triumphantium in modum,

Flor. 3, 7, 3; Mel. 3, 7, 2.—

II.

Trop., with dat., to make sail for, i. e. to exert one's self to effect, procure, or gain a thing (class.):

honori suo velificari,

Cic. Agr. 1, 9, 27: ne aut velificatus alicui dicaris, aut, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 2:

favori civium,

Flor. 1, 9, 5.