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Религия: да будет земля тебе пухом, пусть будет земля тебе пухом

Религия: "пусть будет тебя земля пухом" (обычная форма латинских эпитафий)

1. lēvis (laevis), e (verwandt mit λειος), glatt (Ggstz. asper), I) eig.: 1) im allg.: locus, Cic.: corpuscula, Cic.: folia (Ggstz. scabra), Plin.: levissima corpora, Lucr. – 2) insbes., poet. a) glatt = blank, pocula, Verg. Aen. 5, 91. – b) glatt = unbehaart, ohne Bart, iuventas, Hor.: crura, Iuven.: senex, glatzköpfig, Ov.: Apollo tot aetatibus levis (bartlos), Ggstz. Aesculapius bene barbatus, Min. Fel. 22, 5: dah. glatt = jugendlich, zart, schön, pectus, jugendlich, Verg.: umeri, Verg. – u. glatt = geputzt, galant, cum sit vir levior ipsā, Ov. – c) glatt, schlüpfrig, sanguis, Verg. Aen. 5, 328. – II) übtr.: a) wohl zerrieben, -zerweicht, leve et mali odoris, Cels.: haec terere donec levia, Scrib. Larg. – b) glatt, abgeschliffen, gut fließend, vox, Quint.: v. den Worten einer Rede, concursus verborum quodammodo coagmentatus et levis (Ggstz. asper et hiulcus), Cic.: oratio, Cic.

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2. levis, e ( aus *leghuis, vgl. griech. ελαχύς, ahd. līhti), leicht (Ggstz. gravis), I) eig.: 1) leicht dem Gewichte nach, pondus, Ov.: piper levissimum, Plin. – levis armatura, leichte Rüstung, Caes., u. konkr. = leicht bewaffnete Soldaten, Cic.: so leves armis, Liv.: poet. mit folg. Infin., im Bilde, fessis leviora tolli Pergama Grais, als eine leichtere Last aufzuheben (= leichter zu vernichten), Hor. carm. 2, 4, 11. – 2) leicht der Bewegung nach = schnell, behend, geschwind, flüchtig, cursus, Phaedr.: saltus, Ov. – cervus, Verg.: Parthi, Verg.: Messapus cursu levis, Verg.: domo levis exsilit, Hor. – flamen, Catull.: ventus, Ov.: pollex, Ov.: hora, flüchtige, Ov. – m. folg. Infin., instat Hiber levis et levior discurrere Maurus, Sil. 4, 549: exsultare levis, Sil. 10, 604: nullo levis terrore moveri, Claud. IV. cons. Hon. 514: omnes ire leves, Sil. 16, 487. – 3) leicht dem phys. Gehalte nach, terra, leichte, magere Erde, Varro u. Plin.: u. so facilis ac levis humus, Curt.: stipulae, Ov. – poet., populi, die leichten körperlosen V. = Schatten (der Unterwelt), Ov. met. 10, 14. – 4) leicht der phys. Wirkung nach = nicht drückend, sanft, gelinde, leise, terra sit super ossa levis, Tibull.: sit tibi terra levis, Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 7579 (Ggstz. sit tibi terra gravis, ibid. lin. 13): levis aura, Sil.: somnus, Hor.: vinum, nicht starker, Suet.: u. so cibus, Cels.: mal-

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vae, Hor.: levior piscis, Cels.: exulcerata et aegra corpora, quae ad tactus levissimos gemunt, Sen. de ira 1, 20, 3. – 5) leicht der phys. Beschaffenheit nach = erträglich (Ggstz. gravis), terra, loca, Varro. – II) übtr.: 1) leicht dem Werte, der Bedeutung nach = unerheblich, unbedeutend, geringfügig, gering, a) übh.: dolor, Cic.: ictus levis, Cic.: praesidium, Liv.: periculum levius, Caes.: genus scripturae, Nep.: labor, Ter.: proelium, Caes.: auditio, ein unverbürgtes Gerücht, Caes. – subst., in levi habere, für gering ansehen, leicht nehmen, Tac. ann. 3, 54; hist. 2, 21: levia sed nimium queror, Sen. Herc. fur. 63: quid leviora loquor? Petron. poët. 134, 12. v. 8. – poet. m. Genet., opum levior, Sil. 2, 102 (vgl. den Ggstz. largus opum b. Verg. Aen. 11, 338). – b) von Gedichten leichterer Art, Liebes- u. Scherzgedichten, Fabeln usw., Musa, Ov.: carmina, Tac.: levi calamo ludere, Phaedr. – c) unbedeutend = kein Gewicht od. Ansehen habend, nicht viel geltend, geringfügig, unzulänglich, unhaltbar, levis causa belli, Liv.: causa levior, Caes.: auctor, Liv.: pecunia levissima, Cic.: leve ac facile credat, Quint.: levia conquirere, Cic. – v. Pers., levis pauper, kreditloser, Hor. de art. poët. 123: numquam erit alienis gravis qui suis se concinnat levem, niemals wiegt jemandes Ansehen außen schwer, wenn es im Hause leicht ist, Plaut. trin. 684: leviorem futurum apud patres reum, würde weniger

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gelten, Liv. 4, 44, 7. – 2) leicht der moral. Wirkung nach = nicht drückend, sanft, mild, gelinde, reprehensio levior, Cic.: exsilium, erträglich, Suet.: alqm leviore nomine (Bezeichnung) appellare, Cic.: v. Pers., mit Dat., Sithoniis non levis Euhius, nicht mild gesinnt gegen die S., erbittert auf die S., Hor. carm. 1, 18, 9. – 3) leicht der Gesinnung, den Grundsätzen nach, a) leicht, leichtsinnig, wankelmütig, unbeständig, haltlos (Ggstz. gravis, würdevoll, ernst, fest), homo, Cic.: Graeci, Cic.: iudices, Cic.: amicitia, Cic.: sententia, Ter.: ne te leviorem (lauer, gleichgültiger) erga me putes, Plaut. trin. 1171. – b) eitel, lügenhaft, unwahr, sit precor illa levis, Tibull. 1, 6, 56: leves atque inanes soni (Wortgepränge), Petron. 2, 1.

lĕvis, e, adj. [for leg-vis; Sanscr. laghu-s, little; cf. O. H. Germ. ring-i; Germ. gering; Gr. elachus], light in weight, not heavy (opp. gravis).

Lit.:

leviora corpora (opp. graviora),

Lucr. 2, 227:

aether,

id. 5, 459:

aura,

id. 3, 196:

levior quam pluma,

Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 23:

stipulae,

Verg. G. 1, 289: armatura, light armor:

levis armaturae Numidae,

the light-armed Numidians, Caes. B. G. 2, 10; also, by metonymy, lightarmed troops; v. armatura, and cf.:

sed haec fuerit nobis tamquam levis armaturae prima orationis excursio,

Cic. Div. 2, 10 fin.; so,

miles,

a light-armed soldier, Liv. 8, 8; cf.

of clothing: nudi, aut sagulo leves,

Tac. G. 6:

flebis in solo levis angiportu,

Hor. C. 1, 25, 10.—Of the earth upon the dead:

terraque securae sit super ossa levis,

Tib. 2, 4, 50;

esp. freq. on tombstones: sit tibi terra levis (abbreviated, S. T. T. L.): per leves populos,

the shades, bodiless persons, Ov. M. 10, 14:

virgaque levem coerces aurea turbam,

Hor. C. 1, 10, 18.— Poet. with inf.: fessis leviora tolli Pergama Grais, a lighter burden, i. e. easier to be destroyed, Hor. C. 2, 4, 11.—

Transf.

Light of digestion, easy to digest (mostly poet. and post-Aug.):

quae in aqua degunt, leviorem cibum praestant. Inter domesticas quadrupedes levissima suilla est, gravissima bubula,

lightest of digestion, Cels. 1, 18:

leves malvae,

Hor. C. 1, 31, 16 (cf.:

gravi Malvae salubres corpori,

id. Epod. 2, 57).—

Light in motion, swift, quick, fleet, nimble, rapid (syn.:

agilis, alacer, pernix): ipsa (diva) levi fecit volitantem flamine currum (i. e. Argo),

a quick, favorable wind, Cat. 64, 9; cf.:

leves venti,

Ov. M. 15, 346:

flatus,

Sil. 15, 162:

currus,

light, swift, Ov. M. 2, 150:

levi deducens pollice filum,

light, nimble, id. ib. 4, 36; so,

pollex,

id. ib. 6, 22:

saltus,

id. ib. 7, 767;

3, 599: peltam pro parma fecit, ut ad motus concursusque essent leviores,

Nep. Iphicr. 1:

Messapus levis cursu,

Verg. A. 12, 489:

leves Parthi,

id. G. 4, 314:

equus,

Val. Fl. 1, 389:

Nympharumque leves cum Satyris chori,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 31:

quaere modos leviore plectro,

nimbler, gayer, id. ib. 2, 1, 40:

et levis erecta consurgit ad oscula plantā,

Juv. 6, 507.—With inf. ( poet.):

omnes ire leves,

Sil. 16, 488:

exsultare levis,

id. 10, 605:

levior discurrere,

id. 4, 549:

nullo levis terrore moveri,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 514:

hora,

fleeting, Ov. M. 15, 181:

terra,

light, thin soil, Verg. G. 2, 92:

et ubi montana (loca) quod leviora et ideo salubriora,

Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 3;

so (opp graviora),

id. ib. —

Slight, trifling, small (mostly poet.): ignis, Ov. M. 3, 488:

tactus,

a slight, gentle touch, id. ib. 4, 180:

strepitus,

id. ib. 7, 840:

stridor,

id. ib. 4, 413.

Trop.

Without weight, i. e. of no consequence; hence, in gen., light, trifling, unimportant, inconsiderable, trivial, slight, little, petty, easy (class.):

nunquam erit alienis gravis qui suis se concinnat levem,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 58:

grave est nomen imperii atque id etiam in levi persona pertimescitur,

Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 45:

leve et infirmum,

id. Rosc. Com. 2, 6: quae mihi ad spem obtinendae veritatis gravissima sunt;

ad motum animi... leviora,

id. Deiot. 2, 5:

quod alia quaedam inania et levia conquiras,

id. Planc. 26, 63:

auditio,

a light, unfounded report, Caes. B. G. 7, 42:

cui res et pecunia levissima et existimatio sanctissima fuit semper,

something very insignificant, Cic. Rosc. Com. 5, 15:

dolor,

id. Fin. 1, 12, 40:

proelium,

Caes. B. G. 7, 36:

periculum,

id. B. C. 3, 26:

in aliquem merita,

id. ib. 2, 32, 10:

leviore de causa,

id. B. G. 7, 4 fin.:

praecordia levibus flagrantia causis,

Juv. 13, 182:

effutire leves indigna tragoedia versus,

Hor. A. P. 231.—As subst.:

in levi habitum,

was made little of, was regarded as a trifle, Tac. H. 2, 21; id. A. 3, 54:

levia sed nimium queror,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 63:

quid leviora loquor? Petr. poët. 134, 12: non est leve tot puerorum observare manus,

no easy matter, Juv. 7, 240:

quidquid levius putaris,

easier, id. 10, 344.—

With gen. ( poet.):

opum levior,

Sil. 2, 102.—

In disposition or character.

Light, light-minded, capricious, fickle, inconstant, unreliable, false:

homo levior quam pluma,

Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 23:

ne me leviorem erga te putes,

id. Trin. 5, 2, 34:

tu levior cortice,

Hor. C. 3, 9, 22:

vitium levium hominum atque fallacium,

Cic. Lael. 25, 91:

quidam saepe in parva pecunia perspiciuntur quam sint leves,

id. ib. 17, 63:

leves ac nummarii judices,

id. Clu. 28, 75:

sit precor illa levis,

Tib. 1, 6, 56:

levi brachio aliquid agere,

Cic. Att. 4, 16, 6:

quid levius aut turpius,

Caes. B. G. 5, 28 fin.:

auctor,

Liv. 5, 15:

leves amicitiae,

Cic. Lael. 26, 100:

spes,

vain, empty, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 8:

leviores mores,

Ulp. Fragm. 6, 12.—

Mild, gentle, pleasant (rare):

quos qui leviore nomine appellant, percussores vocant,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 93; and:

levior reprehensio,

id. Ac. 2, 32, 102:

tandem eo, quod levissimum videbatur, decursum est,

the gentlest, mildest, Liv. 5, 23 fin.:

nec leves somnos timor aut cupido Sordidus aufert,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 15; id. Epod. 2, 28:

exsilium,

mild, tolerable, Suet. Aug. 51.—Hence, adv.: lĕ-vĭter, lightly, not heavily.

Lit. (rare):

armati,

light-armed, Curt. 4, 13.—Of the blow of a weapon:

levius casura pila sperabat,

Caes. B. C. 3, 92, 2.—

Trop.

Slightly, a little, not much, somewhat:

leviter densae nubes,

Lucr. 6, 248:

inflexum bacillum,

Cic. Div. 1, 17, 30:

genae leviter eminentes (al. leniter),

id. N. D. 2, 57, 143:

qui (medici) leviter aegrotantes leniter curant, gravioribus autem morbis, etc.,

id. Off. 1, 24, 83:

saucius,

id. Inv. 2, 51, 154:

non leviter lucra liguriens,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 177:

agnoscere aliquid,

id. Fin. 2, 11, 33:

eruditus,

id. de Or. 3, 6, 24.— Comp.:

quanto constantior idem In vitiis, tanto levius miser,

so much less, Hor. S. 2, 7, 18:

dolere,

Ov. P. 1, 9, 30.— Sup.:

ut levissime dicam,

to express it in the mildest manner, Cic. Cat. 3, 7 fin. —

Easily, lightly, without difficulty, with equanimity:

id eo levius ferendum est, quod, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 2; cf.:

sed levissime feram, si, etc.,

id. Prov. Cons. 20, 47; Liv. 29, 9.— Comp.:

levius torquetis Arachne,

more dexterously, Juv. 2, 56.

lēvis (erroneously laevis), e, adj. [Gr. leios, leuros], smooth, smoothed, not rough, opp. asper (class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

corpuscula quaedam levia, alia aspera, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 1, 24, 66:

in locis (spectatur): leves an asperi,

id. Part. Or. 10, 36:

Deus levem eum (mundum) fecit et undique aequabilem,

id. Univ. 6:

pocula,

smooth, shining, Verg. A. 5, 91:

pharetrae,

id. ib. 5, 558:

brassica,

Cato, R. R. 15, 7:

levissima corpora,

Lucr. 4, 659:

coma pectine levis,

Ov. M. 12, 409:

nascunturque leves per digitos umerosque plumae,

Hor. C. 2, 20, 11:

levior assiduo detritis aequore conchis,

Ov. M. 13, 792: inimicus pumice levis, rubbed (cf. pumicatus), Juv. 9, 95.— Poet.: levi cum sanguine Nisus labitur infelix, slippery, [p. 1055] Verg. A. 5, 328:

levis Juventas ( = imberbis),

smooth, without hair, beardless, Hor. C. 2, 11, 6; so,

ora,

Tib. 1, 9 (8), 31:

crura,

Juv. 8, 115:

sponsus,

id. 3, 111:

caput,

id. 10, 199; 2, 12; hence, also, poet. for youthful, delicate, beautiful:

pectus,

Verg. A. 11, 40:

frons,

id. E. 6, 51:

umeri,

id. A. 7, 815:

colla,

Ov. M. 10, 698.—Also, finely dressed, spruce, effeminate:

vir,

Ov. A. A. 3, 437; Pers. 1, 82: argentum, smooth, not engraved or chased, Juv. 14, 62.—In neutr. absol.:

externi ne quid valeat per leve morari,

smoothness, Hor. S. 2, 7, 87; so,

per leve,

Pers. 1, 64:

per levia,

Aus. Idyll. 16, 4.—

Transf., rubbed smooth, ground down, softened, soft (rare), Scrib. Comp. 228; Cels. 2, 8.—

Trop., of speech, smooth, flowing (rare but class.):

oratio (opp. aspera),

Cic. Or. 5 fin.; so,

levis verborum concursus (opp. asper),

id. de Or. 3, 43, 171:

levis et aspera (vox),

Quint. 11, 3, 15:

levis et quadrata compositio,

id. 2, 5, 9:

levia ac nitida,

id. 5, 12, 18:

(aures) fragosis offenduntur et levibus mulcentur,

id. 9, 4, 116.— Adv. does not occur.

"Пусть земля тебе будет пухом" - римская эпитафия

tĕgo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. [Gr. stegô, to cover; tegos, stegos, roof; Sanscr. sthag-, to hide; Germ. decken; Engl thatch], to cover (syn. operio).

Lit.

In gen.:

amica corpus ejus (Alcibiadis) texit suo pallio,

Cic. Div 2, 69, 143:

capite se totum tegit,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 9:

(tegillo) tectus esse soleo, si pluvit,

id. Rud. 2, 7, 19: fere res omnes aut corio sunt Aut etiam conchis [p. 1846] aut callo aut cortice tectae, covered, clothed, Lucr. 4, 936; cf.:

bestiae aliae coriis tectae sunt, aliae villis vestitae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121:

ut tecti, ut vestiti, ut salvi esse possemus,

id. ib. 2, 69, 150:

corpora veste villosā,

Tib. 2, 3, 76:

caput galea,

Prop. 4 (5), 3, 44:

Mars tunicā adamantinā tectus,

Hor. C. 1, 6, 13:

ensis Vaginā tectus,

id. S. 2, 1, 4. —In Greek constr.:

primā tectus lanugine malas,

Ov. M. 12, 291:

cucullo caput tectus,

Mart. 5, 14, 6:

quae (casae) more Gallorum stramentis erant tectae,

Caes. B. G. 5, 43:

tectas casas testudinum superficie,

Plin. 6, 24, 28, § 109:

musculum,

Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

domum,

Dig. 19, 1, 18: naves tectae, covered with decks, decked ( = constratae), Caes. B. C. 1, 56; Liv. 36, 43, 13 (opp. apertae);

31, 46, 6: tectae instrataeque scaphae,

Caes. B. C. 3, 100:

incepto tegeret cum lumina somno,

Verg. G. 4, 414:

utne tegam spurco Damae latus?

i. e. to go by the side of, walk cheek by jowl with, Hor. S. 2, 5, 18; so,

latus alicui,

Suet. Claud. 24; cf. aliquem, to surround, attend, accompany:

omnis eum stipata tegebat Turba ducum,

Verg. A. 11, 12; Stat. S. 5, 1, 26: sarta tecta; v. sartus. —

In partic.

To cover, hide, conceal (rare in lit. sense;

syn.: abscondo, occulto): Caesar tectis insignibus suorum occultatisque signis militaribus, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 7, 45:

fugientem silvae texerunt,

id. ib. 6, 30:

oves (silva),

Ov. M. 13, 822:

quas (tabellas) tegat in tepido sinu,

id. A. A. 3, 622:

ferae latibulis se tegunt,

Cic. Rab. Post. 15, 42; cf.:

nebula matutina texerat inceptum,

Liv. 41, 2, 4:

Scipionem nebulae possiderent ac tegerent,

Vop. prol. 2. —

To shelter, protect, defend (rare in lit. sense); constr., in analogy with defendere and tueri, aliquid ab aliquo or ab aliquā re:

qui portus ab Africo tegebatur, ab Austro non erat tutus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 26:

ut alter (ordo propugnatorum) ponte ab incidentibus telis tegeretur,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 9:

aliquem conservare et tegere,

id. ib. 1, 85:

tempestas et nostros texit et naves Rhodias afflixit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 27; Hirt. B. G. 8, 5; Sall. J. 101, 4:

triumpho, si licet me latere tecto abscedere,

i. e. with a whole skin, safe, unhurt, Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 5.— Pass. in mid. force:

tegi magis Romani quam pugnare,

Liv. 4, 37, 11.—

To cover over, bury, enclose ( poet.):

te modo terra tegat,

Prop. 2, 26, 44 (3, 22, 24):

sit tibi terra levis mollique tegaris harenā,

Mart. 9, 29, 11:

ossa tegebat humus,

Ov. M. 15, 56:

ossa tegit tumulus,

id. Am. 2, 6, 59:

Sicanio tegitur sepulcro,

Luc. 2, 548. —

Trop.

In gen., to cover (very rare):

tempestas, mihi quae modestiam omnem, Detexit tectus quā fui,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 7. —

In partic.

(Acc. to I. B. 1.) To cloak, hide, veil, conceal, keep secret (freq. and class.):

triumphi nomine tegere atque velare cupiditatem suam,

Cic. Pis. 24, 56:

multis simulationum involucris tegitur et quasi velis quibusdam obtenditur unius cujusque natura,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5, § 15:

ignaviam suam tenebrarum ac parietum custodiis tegere,

id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

animus ejus vultu, flagitia parietibus tegebantur,

id. Sest. 9, 22:

summam prudentiam simulatione stultitiae,

id. Brut. 14, 53:

honestā praescriptione rem turpissimam,

Caes. B. C. 3, 32; cf.:

turpia facta oratione,

Sall. J. 85, 31:

aliquid mendacio,

Cic. Quint. 26, 81:

nomen tyranni humanitate,

Nep. Dion, 1:

commissum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 38; id. A. P. 200:

non uti corporis vulnera, ita exercitus incommoda sunt tegenda,

Caes. B. C. 2, 31:

nostram sententiam,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 4, 11:

dira supplicia,

Verg. A. 6, 498:

causam doloris,

Ov. M. 13, 748:

pectoribus dabas multa tegenda meis,

id. Tr. 3, 6, 10: ignobilitatis tegendae causā, Cap. Max. 8. —

(Acc. to I. B. 2.) To defend, protect, guard:

aliquid excusatione amicitiae,

Cic. Lael. 12, 43; id. Clu. 11:

quod is meam salutem atque vitam suā benevolentiā, praesidio custodiāque texisset,

id. Planc. 1, 1:

nostri clarissimorum hominum auctoritate leges et jura tecta esse voluerunt,

id. de Or. 1, 59, 253:

pericula facile innocentiā tecti repellemus,

id. Imp. Pomp. 24, 70:

qui a patrum crudelibus suppliciis tegere liberos sciant,

Liv. 1, 53, 8:

aliquem tegere ac tueri, Cic Fam. 13, 66, 2: libertatem, patriam, parentisque armis tegere,

Sall. C. 6, 5: ut legatos cura magistratuum magis quam jus gentium ab irā impetuque hominum tegeret, Liv. 8, 6, 7:

legationisque jure satis tectum se arbitraretur,

Nep. Pelop. 5, 1.—Hence, tec-tus, a, um, P. a., covered, i. e. hidden, concealed.

Lit.:

cuniculi,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 41. —

Trop., hidden, not frank, open, or plain; secret, concealed, disguised; close, reserved, cautious:

sermo verbis tectus,

covered, enveloped, Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 1; cf.

verba (opp. apertissima),

id. ib. 9, 22, 5:

occultior atque tectior cupiditas,

id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104:

amor,

Ov. R. Am. 619. —

Of persons: occultus et tectus,

Cic. Fin. 2, 17, 54:

tecti esse ad alienos possumus,

id. Rosc. Am. 40, 116; cf. in comp.:

tectior,

id. Phil. 13, 3, 6:

te in dicendo mihi videri tectissimum,

id. de Or. 2, 73, 296:

silet ille, tectusque recusat Prodere quemquam,

Verg. A. 2, 126; cf.:

quis consideratior illo? Quis tectior?

Cic. Deiot. 6, 16. — Hence, adv.: tectō, covertly, privily, cautiously:

et tamen ab illo aperte, tecte quicquid est datum, libenter accepi,

Cic. Att. 1, 14, 4. — Comp.:

tectius,

Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 2; id. Planc. 10, 8, 5; Ov. A. A. 1, 276.

tĕgo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. [Gr. stegô, to cover; tegos, stegos, roof; Sanscr. sthag-, to hide; Germ. decken; Engl thatch], to cover (syn. operio).

Lit.

In gen.:

amica corpus ejus (Alcibiadis) texit suo pallio,

Cic. Div 2, 69, 143:

capite se totum tegit,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 9:

(tegillo) tectus esse soleo, si pluvit,

id. Rud. 2, 7, 19: fere res omnes aut corio sunt Aut etiam conchis [p. 1846] aut callo aut cortice tectae, covered, clothed, Lucr. 4, 936; cf.:

bestiae aliae coriis tectae sunt, aliae villis vestitae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121:

ut tecti, ut vestiti, ut salvi esse possemus,

id. ib. 2, 69, 150:

corpora veste villosā,

Tib. 2, 3, 76:

caput galea,

Prop. 4 (5), 3, 44:

Mars tunicā adamantinā tectus,

Hor. C. 1, 6, 13:

ensis Vaginā tectus,

id. S. 2, 1, 4. —In Greek constr.:

primā tectus lanugine malas,

Ov. M. 12, 291:

cucullo caput tectus,

Mart. 5, 14, 6:

quae (casae) more Gallorum stramentis erant tectae,

Caes. B. G. 5, 43:

tectas casas testudinum superficie,

Plin. 6, 24, 28, § 109:

musculum,

Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

domum,

Dig. 19, 1, 18: naves tectae, covered with decks, decked ( = constratae), Caes. B. C. 1, 56; Liv. 36, 43, 13 (opp. apertae);

31, 46, 6: tectae instrataeque scaphae,

Caes. B. C. 3, 100:

incepto tegeret cum lumina somno,

Verg. G. 4, 414:

utne tegam spurco Damae latus?

i. e. to go by the side of, walk cheek by jowl with, Hor. S. 2, 5, 18; so,

latus alicui,

Suet. Claud. 24; cf. aliquem, to surround, attend, accompany:

omnis eum stipata tegebat Turba ducum,

Verg. A. 11, 12; Stat. S. 5, 1, 26: sarta tecta; v. sartus. —

In partic.

To cover, hide, conceal (rare in lit. sense;

syn.: abscondo, occulto): Caesar tectis insignibus suorum occultatisque signis militaribus, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 7, 45:

fugientem silvae texerunt,

id. ib. 6, 30:

oves (silva),

Ov. M. 13, 822:

quas (tabellas) tegat in tepido sinu,

id. A. A. 3, 622:

ferae latibulis se tegunt,

Cic. Rab. Post. 15, 42; cf.:

nebula matutina texerat inceptum,

Liv. 41, 2, 4:

Scipionem nebulae possiderent ac tegerent,

Vop. prol. 2. —

To shelter, protect, defend (rare in lit. sense); constr., in analogy with defendere and tueri, aliquid ab aliquo or ab aliquā re:

qui portus ab Africo tegebatur, ab Austro non erat tutus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 26:

ut alter (ordo propugnatorum) ponte ab incidentibus telis tegeretur,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 9:

aliquem conservare et tegere,

id. ib. 1, 85:

tempestas et nostros texit et naves Rhodias afflixit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 27; Hirt. B. G. 8, 5; Sall. J. 101, 4:

triumpho, si licet me latere tecto abscedere,

i. e. with a whole skin, safe, unhurt, Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 5.— Pass. in mid. force:

tegi magis Romani quam pugnare,

Liv. 4, 37, 11.—

To cover over, bury, enclose ( poet.):

te modo terra tegat,

Prop. 2, 26, 44 (3, 22, 24):

sit tibi terra levis mollique tegaris harenā,

Mart. 9, 29, 11:

ossa tegebat humus,

Ov. M. 15, 56:

ossa tegit tumulus,

id. Am. 2, 6, 59:

Sicanio tegitur sepulcro,

Luc. 2, 548. —

Trop.

In gen., to cover (very rare):

tempestas, mihi quae modestiam omnem, Detexit tectus quā fui,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 7. —

In partic.

(Acc. to I. B. 1.) To cloak, hide, veil, conceal, keep secret (freq. and class.):

triumphi nomine tegere atque velare cupiditatem suam,

Cic. Pis. 24, 56:

multis simulationum involucris tegitur et quasi velis quibusdam obtenditur unius cujusque natura,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5, § 15:

ignaviam suam tenebrarum ac parietum custodiis tegere,

id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

animus ejus vultu, flagitia parietibus tegebantur,

id. Sest. 9, 22:

summam prudentiam simulatione stultitiae,

id. Brut. 14, 53:

honestā praescriptione rem turpissimam,

Caes. B. C. 3, 32; cf.:

turpia facta oratione,

Sall. J. 85, 31:

aliquid mendacio,

Cic. Quint. 26, 81:

nomen tyranni humanitate,

Nep. Dion, 1:

commissum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 38; id. A. P. 200:

non uti corporis vulnera, ita exercitus incommoda sunt tegenda,

Caes. B. C. 2, 31:

nostram sententiam,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 4, 11:

dira supplicia,

Verg. A. 6, 498:

causam doloris,

Ov. M. 13, 748:

pectoribus dabas multa tegenda meis,

id. Tr. 3, 6, 10: ignobilitatis tegendae causā, Cap. Max. 8. —

(Acc. to I. B. 2.) To defend, protect, guard:

aliquid excusatione amicitiae,

Cic. Lael. 12, 43; id. Clu. 11:

quod is meam salutem atque vitam suā benevolentiā, praesidio custodiāque texisset,

id. Planc. 1, 1:

nostri clarissimorum hominum auctoritate leges et jura tecta esse voluerunt,

id. de Or. 1, 59, 253:

pericula facile innocentiā tecti repellemus,

id. Imp. Pomp. 24, 70:

qui a patrum crudelibus suppliciis tegere liberos sciant,

Liv. 1, 53, 8:

aliquem tegere ac tueri, Cic Fam. 13, 66, 2: libertatem, patriam, parentisque armis tegere,

Sall. C. 6, 5: ut legatos cura magistratuum magis quam jus gentium ab irā impetuque hominum tegeret, Liv. 8, 6, 7:

legationisque jure satis tectum se arbitraretur,

Nep. Pelop. 5, 1.—Hence, tec-tus, a, um, P. a., covered, i. e. hidden, concealed.

Lit.:

cuniculi,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 41. —

Trop., hidden, not frank, open, or plain; secret, concealed, disguised; close, reserved, cautious:

sermo verbis tectus,

covered, enveloped, Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 1; cf.

verba (opp. apertissima),

id. ib. 9, 22, 5:

occultior atque tectior cupiditas,

id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104:

amor,

Ov. R. Am. 619. —

Of persons: occultus et tectus,

Cic. Fin. 2, 17, 54:

tecti esse ad alienos possumus,

id. Rosc. Am. 40, 116; cf. in comp.:

tectior,

id. Phil. 13, 3, 6:

te in dicendo mihi videri tectissimum,

id. de Or. 2, 73, 296:

silet ille, tectusque recusat Prodere quemquam,

Verg. A. 2, 126; cf.:

quis consideratior illo? Quis tectior?

Cic. Deiot. 6, 16. — Hence, adv.: tectō, covertly, privily, cautiously:

et tamen ab illo aperte, tecte quicquid est datum, libenter accepi,

Cic. Att. 1, 14, 4. — Comp.:

tectius,

Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 2; id. Planc. 10, 8, 5; Ov. A. A. 1, 276.