different between velarium vs marquee

English

Etymology

From Latin velarium. Doublet of veghar.

Noun

velarium (plural velaria or velariums)

1. (zoology) The marginal membrane of certain medusae belonging to the Discophora
2. (historical) An awning that stretched over the seating area of the Colosseum in Ancient Rome

Related terms

• velarial

Latin

Etymology

From v?lum (“sail, curtain, awning”) +? -?rium (“place for”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u?e??la?.ri.um/, [u?e????ä??i???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ve?la.ri.um/, [v??l???ium]

Noun

v?l?rium n (genitive v?l?ri? or v?l?r?); second declension

1. awning
2. covering (over a theatre)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• Byzantine Greek: ???????? (b?lárion), ?????? (b?lári)
  • Greek: ?????? (vilári)
  • Middle Armenian: ????? (ve?ar)
    • Armenian: ????? (ve?ar)
• English: velarium
• Italian: velario
• Piedmontese: velari

References

• velarium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• velarium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• velarium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• velarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• velarium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

English

Etymology

From marquise, from French marquise. Ultimately from same root as march (“border country”), margin (“edge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??(?)?ki?/

Noun

marquee (plural marquees)

1. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A large tent with open sides, used for outdoors entertainment.
2. (US) A projecting canopy over an entrance, especially one with a sign that displays the name of the establishment or other information of it.
3. (US, by generalization) Lights that turn on and off in sequence, or scrolling text, as these are common elements on a marquee.

   Synonyms: chase lights, chaser lights

4. (Internet) A banner on a web page displaying text that scrolls horizontally.
5. (computing) In graphical editing software, a special selection tool, used to highlight a portion of an image.

   Synonym: marching ants

Translations

Adjective

marquee (not comparable)

1. Most famous; preeminent.

Verb

marquee (third-person singular simple present marquees, present participle marqueeing, simple past and past participle marqueed)

1. (graphical user interface) To select (an object or region) with the marquee selection tool.

Further reading

• marquee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia