vēlĭfĭco, āre (act. collat. form of velificor), to sail, make sail: nauta per urbanas velificabat aquas, Prop. 4 (5), 9, 6: per summa aequora, Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 103; 9, 29, 47, § 88: erectis capitibus, id. 8, 13, 13, § 35.
Pass.: velificatus Athōs, sailed through, Juv. 10, 174.