velarium
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velaria
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of velarium
1825–35; < Latin vēlārium (a word known only from a passage in Juvenal; the intended sense may be “curtain” rather than “awning”); see velum, -ary
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In the cloth velarium used by Roman emperors to cover the Colosseum, Stone found his solution to roofing the largest free-span circular building ever erected.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nero, who carried everything to excess, went further: he caused a velarium of purple to be embroidered with gold.
From The Wonders of Pompeii by Monnier, Marc
But little by little, increasing luxury reduced the Puritans of Rome to silence, and they willingly accepted a velarium of silk—an homage of Cæsar.
From The Wonders of Pompeii by Monnier, Marc
The Romans shaded the spectators in their theatres and amphitheatres by means of a velarium or awning, but it is extremely doubtful whether even this expedient was in use in Greek theatres.
From Architecture Classic and Early Christian by Smith, T. Roger (Thomas Roger)
Where the huge velarium that Nero had stretched across the Colosseum at Rome, on which were represented the starry sky, and Apollo driving a chariot drawn by white gilt-reined steeds?
From Oscar Wilde by Ingleby, Leonard Cresswell
Indeed the Carthaginian captives could distinguish the velaria spread over the courtyards of their houses, beyond the gulf on the slopes of Byrsa.
From Salammbo by Flaubert, Gustave
Wool, however, was the most common material, and the velaria made in Apulia were most esteemed, on account of the whiteness of the wool.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)
Moreover, there is no reason but the existing filth why the roadways should not have translucent velaria to pull over in bright sunshine and wet weather.
From Anticipations Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human life and Thought by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
The cry, swelled by every Latin tongue, shook the velaria over the consul's head.
From Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ by Wallace, Lewis
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