patefaciō

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pătĕfăcĭo, fēci, factum, 3 (scanned pătēfēcit, Lucr. 4, 320; and in pass. pătēfīet, id. 6, 1001), v. a. [pateo-facio], to make or lay open, to open, throw open (freq. and class.; syn.: pando, recludo, aperio).

Lit.:

iter,

Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 141:

patefacere et munire alicui aditum ad aliquid,

id. Fam. 13, 78, 2:

aures assentatoribus,

id. Off. 1, 26, 91:

portas,

Liv. 2, 15:

ordines, aciem,

id. 28, 14:

sulcum aratro,

Ov. M. 3, 104:

oculos,

Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150: patefacta triumphis Janua. Prop. 1, 16, 1:

iter per Alpes patefieri volebat,

Caes. B. G. 3, 1; cf. Inscr. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 27.— Poet.:

postera lux radiis latum patefecerat orbem,

i. e. had exposed to view, made visible, Ov. M. 9, 794.—Esp. (= anoigein), to open the way, as a discoverer or pioneer; to be the first to find:

vias,

Caes. B G 7, 8:

tellus in longas est patefacta vias,

Tib. 1, 3, 36, cf.:

patefactumque nostris legionibus Pontum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 8, 21:

loca,

Nep. Hann. 3, 4.—

Trop., to disclose, expose, detect, bring to light: si hoc celatur, in metu;

sin patefit, in probro sum,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 6:

odium suum in aliquem,

Cic. Att. 11, 13, 2:

patefacere verum et illustrare,

id. Lael. 26, 97:

rem,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 5:

patefacere et proferre aliquid,

id. Mil. 37, 103:

veritas patefacta,

id. Sull. 16, 45; id. Ac. 2, 39, 122:

Lentulus patefactus indiciis,

convicted, id. Cat 3, 6, 15:

qui ea proferenda et patefacienda curavit,

id. Fl. 2, 5:

se aliquid patefacturam,

id. Ac. 2, 14, 44.

to disclose, expose, open, make open

ăpĕrĭo, ĕrŭi, ertum, 4, v. a. ( fut. aperibo, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 50; Pompon. ap. Non. p. 506, 30) [ab-pario, to get from, take away from, i.e. to uncover, like the opp. operio, from obpario, to get for, to put upon, i. e. to cover; this is the old explanation, and is received by Corssen, Ausspr. I. p. 653; II. p. 410, and by Vanicek, p. 503], to uncover, make or lay bare.

Lit.:

patinas,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 51: apertae surae, Turp. ap. Non. p. 236, 16:

apertis lateribus,

Sisenn. ib. p. 236, 26:

capite aperto esse,

Varr. ib. p. 236, 25;

p. 236, 28: ut corporis partes quaedam aperiantur,

Cic. Off. 1, 35, 129:

caput aperuit,

id. Phil. 2, 31; Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 236, 20:

capita,

Plin. 28, 6, 17, § 60:

aperto pectore,

Ov. M. 2, 339; and poet. transf. to the person:

apertae pectora matres,

id. ib. 13, 688:

ramum,

Verg. A. 6, 406 al. — Trop., to make visible, to show, reveal, Liv. 22, 6:

dispulsā nebulā diem aperuit,

id. 26, 17 (cf. just before:

densa nebula campos circa intexit): dies faciem victoriae,

Tac. Agr. 38:

lux aperuit bellum ducemque belli,

Liv. 3, 15:

novam aciem dies aperuit,

Tac. H. 4, 29:

his unda dehiscens Terram aperit,

opens to view, Verg. A. 1, 107.—From the intermediate idea of making visible,

Metaph.

1.. To unclose, open: aperto ex ostio Alti Acheruntis, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:

aperite aliquis ostium,

Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 26; so id. Heaut. 2, 3, 35:

forem aperi,

id. Ad. 2, 1, 13:

fores,

id. Eun. 2, 2, 52; Ov. M. 10, 457; Suet. Aug. 82:

januas carceris,

Vulg. Act. 5, 19:

fenestram,

ib. Gen. 8, 6:

liquidas vias,

to open the liquid way, Lucr. 1, 373; so Verg. A. 11, 884:

sucum venis fundere apertis,

to pour out moisture from its open veins, Lucr. 5, 812:

saccum,

Vulg. Gen. 42, 27:

os,

ib. ib. 22, 28:

labia, ib. Job, 11, 5: oculos,

ib. Act. 9, 8:

accepi fasciculum, in quo erat epistula Piliae: abstuli, aperui, legi,

Cic. Att. 5, 11 fin.; so id. ib. 1, 13;

6, 3: aperire librum,

Vulg. Apoc. 5, 5; 20, 12:

testamentum,

Plin. 7, 52, 53, § 177 (cf.:

testamentum resignare,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 9); Suet. Caes. 83; id. Aug. 17:

sigillum aperire,

to break, Vulg. Apoc. 6, 3 al.:

ferro iter aperiundum est,

Sall. C. 58, 7:

locum... asylum,

to make it an asylum, Liv. 1, 8:

subterraneos specus,

Tac. G. 16:

navigantibus maria,

Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 122:

arbor florem aperit,

id. 12, 11, 23, § 40 et saep.: aperire parietem, to open a wall, in order to put a door or window in it, Dig. 8, 2, 40: alicui oculos aperire, to give sight to (after the Heb.), Vulg. Joan. 9, 10; 9, 14 al.; so,

aures aperire,

to restore hearing to, ib. Marc. 7, 35.—

Trop.:

nec ita claudenda est res familiaris, ut eam benignitas aperire non possit,

Cic. Off. 2, 15, 54: amicitiae fores. id. Fam. 13, 10:

multus apertus cursus ad laudem,

id. Phil. 14, 6 fin.:

tibi virtus tua reditum ad tuos aperuit,

id. Fam. 6, 11:

philosophiae fontes,

id. Tusc. 1, 3, 6; id. Mil. 31, 85 et saep.: alicujus oculos aperire, to open one's eyes, make him discern (after the Heb.), Vulg. Gen. 3, 5; 3, 7; ib. Act. 26, 18; so,

alicujus cor aperire,

ib. ib. 16, 14: ventus [p. 136] incendio viam aperuit, Liv. 6, 2:

occasionem ad invadendum,

id. 4, 53; so id. 9, 27: si hanc fenestram aperueritis (i.e. if you enter upon the way of complaint), nihil aliud agi sinetis, Suet. Tib. 28 (cf. Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 72:

Quantam fenestram ad nequitiem patefeceris!): quia aperuisset gentibus ostium fidei,

Vulg. Act. 14, 27; ib. Col. 4, 3.— So of the new year, to open it, i.e. begin:

annum,

Verg. G. 1, 217:

contigit ergo privatis aperire annum (since the consul entered upon his office the first of January),

Plin. Pan. 58, 4 Gierig and Schaef.—So also of a school, to establish, set up, begin, or open it:

Dionysius tyrannus Corinthi dicitur ludum aperuisse,

Cic. Fam. 9, 18; so Suet. Gram. 16; id. Rhet. 4.— Poet.:

fuste aperire caput,

i.e. to cleave, split the head, Juv. 9, 98.—

Aperire locum (populum, gentes, etc.), to lay open a place, people, etc., i.e. to open an entrance to, render accessible (cf. patefacio);

most freq. in the histt., esp. in Tacitus: qui aperuerint armis orbem terrarum,

Liv. 42, 52; 42, 4:

Syriam,

Tac. A. 2, 70:

omnes terras fortibus viris natura aperuit,

id. H. 4, 64:

novas gentes,

id. Agr. 22:

gentes ac reges,

id. G. 1:

Britanniam tamdiu clausam aperit,

Mel. 3, 6, 4; Luc. 1, 465 Cort.:

Eoas,

id. 4, 352:

pelagus,

Val. Fl. 1, 169.—

Transf. to mental objects, to disclose something unknown, to unveil, reveal, make known, unfold, to prove, demonstrate; or gen. to explain, recount, etc.:

occulta quaedam et quasi involuta aperiri,

Cic. Fin. 1, 9, 30:

explicanda est saepe verbis mens nostra de quāque re atque involutae rei notitia definiendo aperienda est,

id. Or. 33, 116:

alicui scripturas aperire,

Vulg. Luc. 24, 32:

tua probra aperibo omnia,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 50: ne exspectetis argumentum fabulae;

hi partem aperient,

Ter. Ad. prol. 23:

non quo aperiret sententiam suam, sed etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 84:

eo praesente conjurationem aperit,

Sall. C. 40, 6:

naturam et mores,

id. ib. 53 fin.; so id. ib. 45, 1; 47, 1; id. J. 33, 4:

lux fugam hostium aperuit,

Liv. 27, 2:

aperiri error poterat,

id. 26, 10:

casus aperire futuros,

to disclose the future, Ov. M. 15, 559:

futura aperit,

Tac. H. 2, 4.—So also, se aperire or aperiri, to reveal one's true disposition, character:

tum coacti necessario se aperiunt,

show themselves in their true light, Ter. And. 4, 1, 8:

studio aperimur in ipso,

Ov. A. A. 3, 371:

exspectandum, dum se ipsa res aperiret,

Nep. Paus. 3, 7; Quint. prooem. § 3.—Sometimes constr. with acc. and inf., a rel.-clause, or de:

cum jam directae in se prorae hostes appropinquare aperuissent,

Liv. 44, 28:

domino navis, quis sit, aperit,

Nep. Them. 8, 6; so id. Eum. 13, 3: de clementiā, Auct. ad Her. 2, 31.—In a gen. sense (freq. in epistt.) in Cic. Att. 5, 1, 2: de Oppio factum est, ut volui, et maxime, quod DCCC. aperuisti, you promised, i.e. that it should be paid to him (= ostendisti te daturum, Manut.); cf.

the more definite expression: de Oppio bene curāsti, quod ei DCCC. exposuisti,

id. ib. 5, 4, 3.—Hence, ăpertus, a, um, P. a.; pr., opened; hence, open, free.

Lit.

Without covering, open, uncovered (opp. tectus):

naves apertae,

without deck, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 40; Liv. 31, 22 fin.; cf. id. 32, 21, 14: centum tectae naves et quinquaginta leviores apertae, et saep.; v. navis.—Also, without covering or defence, unprotected, exposed:

locus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 84.— Poet., of the sky, clear, cloudless:

caelo invectus aperto,

Verg. A. 1, 155:

aether,

id. ib. 1, 587:

aperta serena prospicere,

id. G. 1, 393.—

Unclosed, open, not shut (opp. clausus):

Janua cum per se transpectum praebet apertum,

since this affords an open view through it, Lucr. 4, 272:

oculi,

id. 4, 339:

oculorum lumine aperto,

id. 4, 1139 et saep.:

nihil tam clausum, neque tam reconditum, quod non istius cupiditati apertissimum promptissimumque esset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20:

caelum patens atque apertum,

id. Div. 1, 1 (diff. from 1.); so Ov. M. 6, 693:

vidit caelos apertos,

Vulg. Marc. 1, 10:

apertus et propatulus locus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49:

iter,

Liv. 31, 2:

apertior aditus ad moenia,

id. 9, 28:

campi,

id. 38, 3:

per apertum limitem (viae),

Tac. H. 3, 21; Ov. M. 1, 285:

fenestrae,

Vulg. Dan. 6, 10:

ostia,

ib. ib. 13, 39:

aequor,

Ov. M. 4, 527; so id. ib. 8, 165; 11, 555 et saep. — Poet., of a battle: nec aperti copia Martis Ulla fuit, an action in the open field, Ov. M. 13, 208.—Very freq. ăpertum, subst., that which is open, free; an open, clear space:

in aperto,

Lucr. 3, 604:

per apertum fugientes,

Hor. C, 3, 12, 10:

impetum ex aperto facerent,

Liv. 35, 5:

castra in aperto posita,

id. 1, 33; so id. 22, 4:

volantem in aperto,

Plin. 10, 8, 9, § 22:

in aperta prodeunt,

id. 8, 32, 50, § 117:

disjecit naves in aperta Oceani,

Tac. A. 2, 23.—

Trop.

a.. Opp. to that which is concealed, covered, dark, open, clear, plain, evident, manifest, unobstructed:

nam nihil aegrius est quam res secernere apertas ab dubiis,

nothing is, indeed, more difficult than to separate things that are evident from those that are doubtful, Lucr. 4, 467; so id. 4, 596; 1, 915; 5, 1062:

cum illum ex occultis insidiis in apertum latrocinium conjecimus,

Cic. Cat. 2, 1:

simultates partim obscurae, partim apertae,

id. Manil. 24:

quid enim potest esse tam apertum tamque perspicuum?

id. N. D. 2, 2, 4:

quid rem apertam suspectam facimus?

Liv. 41, 24:

non furtim, sed vi aperta,

id. 25, 24:

apertus animi motus,

Quint. 10, 3, 21:

invidia in occulto, adulatio in aperto,

Tac. H. 4, 4 et saep.—So, in rhet., of clear, intelligible discourse:

multo apertius ad intellegendum est, si, etc.... apertam enim narrationem tam esse oportet quam, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 328; cf. id. Inv. 1, 20.—Hence,

Esp. as subst.: in aperto esse,

To be clear, evident, well known, notorious, en tôi phanerôi einai:

ad cognoscendum omnia illustria magis magisque in aperto,

Sall. J. 5, 3.—

To be easily practicable, easy, facile (the figure taken from an open field or space):

agere memoratu digna pronum magisque in aperto erat,

there was a greater inclination and a more open way to, Tac. Agr. 1:

hostes aggredi in aperto foret,

id. H. 3, 56:

vota virtusque in aperto omniaque prona victoribus,

id. Agr. 33.—

Of character, without dissimulation, open, frank, candid:

animus apertus et simplex,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9; id. Off. 3, 13, 57:

pectus,

id. Lael. 26, 97. —Hence, ironically: ut semper fuit apertissimus, as he has always been very open, frank (for impudent, shameless), Cic. Mur. 35.—Hence, ăpertē, adv., openly, clearly, plainly.

In gen.:

tam aperte irridens,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 62:

ab illo aperte tecte quicquid est datum, libenter accepi,

Cic. Att. 1, 14, 4; id. Or. 12, 38; id. Am. 18, 67:

cum Fidenae aperte descissent,

Liv. 1, 27:

aperte quod venale habet ostendit,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 83:

aperte revelari,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 2, 27:

non jam secretis colloquiis, sed aperte fremere,

Tac. A. 11, 28:

aperte adulari,

Cic. Am. 26, 99:

aperte mentiri,

id. Ac. 2, 6, 18:

aperte pugnare, id. ap. Aquil. Rom. 10: aperte immundus est,

Vulg. Lev. 13, 26.— Comp.:

cum ipsum dolorem hic tulit paulo apertius,

Cic. Planc. 34; id. Att. 16, 3, 5; Curt. 6, 1, 11:

ab his proconsuli venenum inter epulas datum est apertius quam ut fallerent,

Tac. A. 13, 1.— Sup.:

hinc empta apertissime praetura,

Cic. Verr. 1, 100:

equite Romano per te apertissime interfecto,

id. Har. Resp. 30:

largiri,

id. ib. 56:

praedari,

id. Verr. 1, 130.—

Esp. of what is set forth in words or writing, plainly, clearly, freely, without reserve:

nempe ergo aperte vis quae restant me loqui?

Ter. And. 1, 2, 24; id. Phorm. 4, 3, 49:

aperte indicat (lex) posse rationem habere non praesentis,

Cic. ad Brut. 1, 5, 3:

Non tu istuc mihi dictura aperte es, quicquid est?

Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 3:

narrare,

id. Heaut. 4, 3, 24:

scribere,

Cic. Fam. 5, 7, 3; Quint. 1, 5, 43.— Comp.:

Planius atque apertius dicam,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 14, 43:

distinguere,

Quint. 3, 6, 45.— Sup.:

istius injurias quam apertissime vobis planissimeque explicare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 64, 156:

aliquid apertissime ostendere,

Quint. 5, 12, 11.

ăpĕrĭo, ĕrŭi, ertum, 4, v. a. ( fut. aperibo, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 50; Pompon. ap. Non. p. 506, 30) [ab-pario, to get from, take away from, i.e. to uncover, like the opp. operio, from obpario, to get for, to put upon, i. e. to cover; this is the old explanation, and is received by Corssen, Ausspr. I. p. 653; II. p. 410, and by Vanicek, p. 503], to uncover, make or lay bare.

Lit.:

patinas,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 51: apertae surae, Turp. ap. Non. p. 236, 16:

apertis lateribus,

Sisenn. ib. p. 236, 26:

capite aperto esse,

Varr. ib. p. 236, 25;

p. 236, 28: ut corporis partes quaedam aperiantur,

Cic. Off. 1, 35, 129:

caput aperuit,

id. Phil. 2, 31; Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 236, 20:

capita,

Plin. 28, 6, 17, § 60:

aperto pectore,

Ov. M. 2, 339; and poet. transf. to the person:

apertae pectora matres,

id. ib. 13, 688:

ramum,

Verg. A. 6, 406 al. — Trop., to make visible, to show, reveal, Liv. 22, 6:

dispulsā nebulā diem aperuit,

id. 26, 17 (cf. just before:

densa nebula campos circa intexit): dies faciem victoriae,

Tac. Agr. 38:

lux aperuit bellum ducemque belli,

Liv. 3, 15:

novam aciem dies aperuit,

Tac. H. 4, 29:

his unda dehiscens Terram aperit,

opens to view, Verg. A. 1, 107.—From the intermediate idea of making visible,

Metaph.

1.. To unclose, open: aperto ex ostio Alti Acheruntis, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:

aperite aliquis ostium,

Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 26; so id. Heaut. 2, 3, 35:

forem aperi,

id. Ad. 2, 1, 13:

fores,

id. Eun. 2, 2, 52; Ov. M. 10, 457; Suet. Aug. 82:

januas carceris,

Vulg. Act. 5, 19:

fenestram,

ib. Gen. 8, 6:

liquidas vias,

to open the liquid way, Lucr. 1, 373; so Verg. A. 11, 884:

sucum venis fundere apertis,

to pour out moisture from its open veins, Lucr. 5, 812:

saccum,

Vulg. Gen. 42, 27:

os,

ib. ib. 22, 28:

labia, ib. Job, 11, 5: oculos,

ib. Act. 9, 8:

accepi fasciculum, in quo erat epistula Piliae: abstuli, aperui, legi,

Cic. Att. 5, 11 fin.; so id. ib. 1, 13;

6, 3: aperire librum,

Vulg. Apoc. 5, 5; 20, 12:

testamentum,

Plin. 7, 52, 53, § 177 (cf.:

testamentum resignare,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 9); Suet. Caes. 83; id. Aug. 17:

sigillum aperire,

to break, Vulg. Apoc. 6, 3 al.:

ferro iter aperiundum est,

Sall. C. 58, 7:

locum... asylum,

to make it an asylum, Liv. 1, 8:

subterraneos specus,

Tac. G. 16:

navigantibus maria,

Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 122:

arbor florem aperit,

id. 12, 11, 23, § 40 et saep.: aperire parietem, to open a wall, in order to put a door or window in it, Dig. 8, 2, 40: alicui oculos aperire, to give sight to (after the Heb.), Vulg. Joan. 9, 10; 9, 14 al.; so,

aures aperire,

to restore hearing to, ib. Marc. 7, 35.—

Trop.:

nec ita claudenda est res familiaris, ut eam benignitas aperire non possit,

Cic. Off. 2, 15, 54: amicitiae fores. id. Fam. 13, 10:

multus apertus cursus ad laudem,

id. Phil. 14, 6 fin.:

tibi virtus tua reditum ad tuos aperuit,

id. Fam. 6, 11:

philosophiae fontes,

id. Tusc. 1, 3, 6; id. Mil. 31, 85 et saep.: alicujus oculos aperire, to open one's eyes, make him discern (after the Heb.), Vulg. Gen. 3, 5; 3, 7; ib. Act. 26, 18; so,

alicujus cor aperire,

ib. ib. 16, 14: ventus [p. 136] incendio viam aperuit, Liv. 6, 2:

occasionem ad invadendum,

id. 4, 53; so id. 9, 27: si hanc fenestram aperueritis (i.e. if you enter upon the way of complaint), nihil aliud agi sinetis, Suet. Tib. 28 (cf. Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 72:

Quantam fenestram ad nequitiem patefeceris!): quia aperuisset gentibus ostium fidei,

Vulg. Act. 14, 27; ib. Col. 4, 3.— So of the new year, to open it, i.e. begin:

annum,

Verg. G. 1, 217:

contigit ergo privatis aperire annum (since the consul entered upon his office the first of January),

Plin. Pan. 58, 4 Gierig and Schaef.—So also of a school, to establish, set up, begin, or open it:

Dionysius tyrannus Corinthi dicitur ludum aperuisse,

Cic. Fam. 9, 18; so Suet. Gram. 16; id. Rhet. 4.— Poet.:

fuste aperire caput,

i.e. to cleave, split the head, Juv. 9, 98.—

Aperire locum (populum, gentes, etc.), to lay open a place, people, etc., i.e. to open an entrance to, render accessible (cf. patefacio);

most freq. in the histt., esp. in Tacitus: qui aperuerint armis orbem terrarum,

Liv. 42, 52; 42, 4:

Syriam,

Tac. A. 2, 70:

omnes terras fortibus viris natura aperuit,

id. H. 4, 64:

novas gentes,

id. Agr. 22:

gentes ac reges,

id. G. 1:

Britanniam tamdiu clausam aperit,

Mel. 3, 6, 4; Luc. 1, 465 Cort.:

Eoas,

id. 4, 352:

pelagus,

Val. Fl. 1, 169.—

Transf. to mental objects, to disclose something unknown, to unveil, reveal, make known, unfold, to prove, demonstrate; or gen. to explain, recount, etc.:

occulta quaedam et quasi involuta aperiri,

Cic. Fin. 1, 9, 30:

explicanda est saepe verbis mens nostra de quāque re atque involutae rei notitia definiendo aperienda est,

id. Or. 33, 116:

alicui scripturas aperire,

Vulg. Luc. 24, 32:

tua probra aperibo omnia,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 50: ne exspectetis argumentum fabulae;

hi partem aperient,

Ter. Ad. prol. 23:

non quo aperiret sententiam suam, sed etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 84:

eo praesente conjurationem aperit,

Sall. C. 40, 6:

naturam et mores,

id. ib. 53 fin.; so id. ib. 45, 1; 47, 1; id. J. 33, 4:

lux fugam hostium aperuit,

Liv. 27, 2:

aperiri error poterat,

id. 26, 10:

casus aperire futuros,

to disclose the future, Ov. M. 15, 559:

futura aperit,

Tac. H. 2, 4.—So also, se aperire or aperiri, to reveal one's true disposition, character:

tum coacti necessario se aperiunt,

show themselves in their true light, Ter. And. 4, 1, 8:

studio aperimur in ipso,

Ov. A. A. 3, 371:

exspectandum, dum se ipsa res aperiret,

Nep. Paus. 3, 7; Quint. prooem. § 3.—Sometimes constr. with acc. and inf., a rel.-clause, or de:

cum jam directae in se prorae hostes appropinquare aperuissent,

Liv. 44, 28:

domino navis, quis sit, aperit,

Nep. Them. 8, 6; so id. Eum. 13, 3: de clementiā, Auct. ad Her. 2, 31.—In a gen. sense (freq. in epistt.) in Cic. Att. 5, 1, 2: de Oppio factum est, ut volui, et maxime, quod DCCC. aperuisti, you promised, i.e. that it should be paid to him (= ostendisti te daturum, Manut.); cf.

the more definite expression: de Oppio bene curāsti, quod ei DCCC. exposuisti,

id. ib. 5, 4, 3.—Hence, ăpertus, a, um, P. a.; pr., opened; hence, open, free.

Lit.

Without covering, open, uncovered (opp. tectus):

naves apertae,

without deck, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 40; Liv. 31, 22 fin.; cf. id. 32, 21, 14: centum tectae naves et quinquaginta leviores apertae, et saep.; v. navis.—Also, without covering or defence, unprotected, exposed:

locus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 84.— Poet., of the sky, clear, cloudless:

caelo invectus aperto,

Verg. A. 1, 155:

aether,

id. ib. 1, 587:

aperta serena prospicere,

id. G. 1, 393.—

Unclosed, open, not shut (opp. clausus):

Janua cum per se transpectum praebet apertum,

since this affords an open view through it, Lucr. 4, 272:

oculi,

id. 4, 339:

oculorum lumine aperto,

id. 4, 1139 et saep.:

nihil tam clausum, neque tam reconditum, quod non istius cupiditati apertissimum promptissimumque esset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20:

caelum patens atque apertum,

id. Div. 1, 1 (diff. from 1.); so Ov. M. 6, 693:

vidit caelos apertos,

Vulg. Marc. 1, 10:

apertus et propatulus locus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49:

iter,

Liv. 31, 2:

apertior aditus ad moenia,

id. 9, 28:

campi,

id. 38, 3:

per apertum limitem (viae),

Tac. H. 3, 21; Ov. M. 1, 285:

fenestrae,

Vulg. Dan. 6, 10:

ostia,

ib. ib. 13, 39:

aequor,

Ov. M. 4, 527; so id. ib. 8, 165; 11, 555 et saep. — Poet., of a battle: nec aperti copia Martis Ulla fuit, an action in the open field, Ov. M. 13, 208.—Very freq. ăpertum, subst., that which is open, free; an open, clear space:

in aperto,

Lucr. 3, 604:

per apertum fugientes,

Hor. C, 3, 12, 10:

impetum ex aperto facerent,

Liv. 35, 5:

castra in aperto posita,

id. 1, 33; so id. 22, 4:

volantem in aperto,

Plin. 10, 8, 9, § 22:

in aperta prodeunt,

id. 8, 32, 50, § 117:

disjecit naves in aperta Oceani,

Tac. A. 2, 23.—

Trop.

a.. Opp. to that which is concealed, covered, dark, open, clear, plain, evident, manifest, unobstructed:

nam nihil aegrius est quam res secernere apertas ab dubiis,

nothing is, indeed, more difficult than to separate things that are evident from those that are doubtful, Lucr. 4, 467; so id. 4, 596; 1, 915; 5, 1062:

cum illum ex occultis insidiis in apertum latrocinium conjecimus,

Cic. Cat. 2, 1:

simultates partim obscurae, partim apertae,

id. Manil. 24:

quid enim potest esse tam apertum tamque perspicuum?

id. N. D. 2, 2, 4:

quid rem apertam suspectam facimus?

Liv. 41, 24:

non furtim, sed vi aperta,

id. 25, 24:

apertus animi motus,

Quint. 10, 3, 21:

invidia in occulto, adulatio in aperto,

Tac. H. 4, 4 et saep.—So, in rhet., of clear, intelligible discourse:

multo apertius ad intellegendum est, si, etc.... apertam enim narrationem tam esse oportet quam, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 328; cf. id. Inv. 1, 20.—Hence,

Esp. as subst.: in aperto esse,

To be clear, evident, well known, notorious, en tôi phanerôi einai:

ad cognoscendum omnia illustria magis magisque in aperto,

Sall. J. 5, 3.—

To be easily practicable, easy, facile (the figure taken from an open field or space):

agere memoratu digna pronum magisque in aperto erat,

there was a greater inclination and a more open way to, Tac. Agr. 1:

hostes aggredi in aperto foret,

id. H. 3, 56:

vota virtusque in aperto omniaque prona victoribus,

id. Agr. 33.—

Of character, without dissimulation, open, frank, candid:

animus apertus et simplex,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9; id. Off. 3, 13, 57:

pectus,

id. Lael. 26, 97. —Hence, ironically: ut semper fuit apertissimus, as he has always been very open, frank (for impudent, shameless), Cic. Mur. 35.—Hence, ăpertē, adv., openly, clearly, plainly.

In gen.:

tam aperte irridens,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 62:

ab illo aperte tecte quicquid est datum, libenter accepi,

Cic. Att. 1, 14, 4; id. Or. 12, 38; id. Am. 18, 67:

cum Fidenae aperte descissent,

Liv. 1, 27:

aperte quod venale habet ostendit,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 83:

aperte revelari,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 2, 27:

non jam secretis colloquiis, sed aperte fremere,

Tac. A. 11, 28:

aperte adulari,

Cic. Am. 26, 99:

aperte mentiri,

id. Ac. 2, 6, 18:

aperte pugnare, id. ap. Aquil. Rom. 10: aperte immundus est,

Vulg. Lev. 13, 26.— Comp.:

cum ipsum dolorem hic tulit paulo apertius,

Cic. Planc. 34; id. Att. 16, 3, 5; Curt. 6, 1, 11:

ab his proconsuli venenum inter epulas datum est apertius quam ut fallerent,

Tac. A. 13, 1.— Sup.:

hinc empta apertissime praetura,

Cic. Verr. 1, 100:

equite Romano per te apertissime interfecto,

id. Har. Resp. 30:

largiri,

id. ib. 56:

praedari,

id. Verr. 1, 130.—

Esp. of what is set forth in words or writing, plainly, clearly, freely, without reserve:

nempe ergo aperte vis quae restant me loqui?

Ter. And. 1, 2, 24; id. Phorm. 4, 3, 49:

aperte indicat (lex) posse rationem habere non praesentis,

Cic. ad Brut. 1, 5, 3:

Non tu istuc mihi dictura aperte es, quicquid est?

Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 3:

narrare,

id. Heaut. 4, 3, 24:

scribere,

Cic. Fam. 5, 7, 3; Quint. 1, 5, 43.— Comp.:

Planius atque apertius dicam,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 14, 43:

distinguere,

Quint. 3, 6, 45.— Sup.:

istius injurias quam apertissime vobis planissimeque explicare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 64, 156:

aliquid apertissime ostendere,

Quint. 5, 12, 11.

dē-prĕhendo or dēprendo (v. prehendo; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 59), di, sum, 3, v. a.

To take or snatch away, esp. any thing which is in motion; to seize upon, catch (freq. and class.—For syn. cf.: invenio, reperio, nanciscor; offendo, aperio, patefacio, detego; incido, consequor, assequor, etc.).

Lit.:

deprehensus ex itinere Cn. Magius,

Caes. B. C. 1, 24, 4:

in ipso fluminis vado deprehensus,

id. B. G. 5, 58, 6:

in agris,

id. ib. 6, 30:

in ponte,

Sall. C. 45:

nuntiorum pars deprehensa,

Caes. B. G. 5, 45; cf.:

deprehensis internuntiis,

id. B. C. 3, 112 fin.: tabellarios deprendere litterasque intercipere, Cassius ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 12; and:

litterae deprehensae,

intercepted, Liv. 2, 4:

onerarias naves,

to seize, take possession of, Caes. B. C. 1, 36, 2; so id. B. G. 7, 58, 4; id. B. C. 1, 26 al.:

volucres jaculis,

Sil. 16, 566:

cursu deprendere telum,

Stat. Th. 6, 568:

subito deprehensus locutus est,

taken by surprise, Sen. Ep. 11, 1.—

Transf. of inanimate subjects. So, esp. freq. of storms:

deprensa navigia,

caught, overtaken by, Lucr. 6, 429; cf. Catull. 25, 13; Verg. A. 5, 52; id. G. 4, 421; Ov. M. 11, 663; Curt. 7, 4 et saep.—

In a wider sense, to catch, overtake, surprise, apprehend, detect, find out, discover any one, esp. in doing any thing wrong.

Lit.:

deprehendi in aliquo manifesto scelere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 43; so,

in maximo scelere,

Sall. C. 46, 2; 50, 4:

in facinore manifesto,

Cic. Brut. 68 fin.:

in alio maleficio,

id. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

in adulterio,

id. de Or. 2, 68, 275; Vulg. Johan. 8, 3 et saep.:

dolis deprehensus,

Plaut. Bac. 4, 9, 26:

nocte ferro deprehensus,

Quint. 7, 6, 8:

sine duce et sine equitatu deprehensis hostibus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 52, 2:

(mulier) deprensa,

caught in the act, Hor. S. 1, 2, 131; 134; 1, 4, 114:

in mendacio,

Quint. 5, 7, 30:

aliquos flentes,

id. ib. 7, 9, 11: agendi subita necessitate deprehensi, id. 1, 12, 4; 1, 8, 21:

aliquem occisum, Suet,

Caes. 35 et saep.—

Of inanimate objects:

venenum,

Cic. Clu. 7, 20; cf. id. ib. 16, 47 sq.; Liv. 42, 17:

res furtiva in domo deprehensa,

Quint. 5, 13, 49; cf.

sacrilegium,

id. 8, 6, 26.—

Trop.

To comprehend, perceive, understand, detect, discover, discern, observe (chiefly post-Aug. in prose, esp. in Quint.):

cujus ego facinora oculis prius quam opinione, manibus ante quam suspicione deprehendi,

Cic. Cael. 6 fin.:

quid si me stultior ipso deprenderis?

Hor. S. 2, 7, 43:

hominum erga se mentes,

Suet. Calig. 60:

falsas gemmas,

Plin. 37, 13, 76, § 198:

quam naturam ejus Pythagoras Samius primus deprehendit,

id. 2, 8, 6, § 37; 2, 9, 6, § 43; 9, 28, 44, § 86; Cels. 3, 18; 7 praef.; Plin. Ep. 4, 20, 3:

falsa facilius deprehendere et refellere,

Quint. 12, 1, 34:

quod vix a lectore deprehenditur,

id. 4, 2, 59:

in Livio Patavinitatem,

id. 1, 5, 56; cf. id. 3, 8, 69; 5, 13, 23 et saep.—

With acc. et inf.:

species diversas esse facile est deprehendere,

Quint. 9, 2, 44:

quosdam mitti,

Suet. Aug. 44:

deprehenditur vitiose loqui,

Quint. 1, 6, 7.—

To overtake, equal, imitate:

juvenemque puer deprehende parentem,

Stat. S. 4, 4, 74.—

To find, discover, come upon (always implying mental action, post-Aug.):

extra carmen non deprendas,

Quint. 1, 5, 18:

quod in epistolis Augusti deprehenditur,

id. 1, 7, 22; 8, 6, 71:

apud Ciceronem mira figurarum mixtura deprehenditur,

id. 9, 3, 40.—

With the predominant idea of restricting the free movement of an object, to impede, to check, to bring into a strait.

Lit.:

inter quas (latebras) deprehensus hostis,

Curt. 7, 4, 4:

in fovea,

id. 5, 3, 19:

flamina deprensa silvis,

i. e. impeded, confined, Verg. A. 10, 98:

viae deprensus in aggere serpens,

id. ib. 5, 273; cf. id. ib. 8, 247; Quint. 12, 2, 14. —

Trop., to bring into a strait, to embarrass:

deprehensum me plane video atque sentio,

Cic. de Or. 1, 48; id. Verr. 2, 4, 12 fin.:

deprensi pudorem explicant,

Quint. 6, 3, 100:

(testes) plus deprehensi nocent, quam firmi et interriti profuissent,

id. 5, 7, 11 al.

dē-prĕhendo or dēprendo (v. prehendo; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 59), di, sum, 3, v. a.

To take or snatch away, esp. any thing which is in motion; to seize upon, catch (freq. and class.—For syn. cf.: invenio, reperio, nanciscor; offendo, aperio, patefacio, detego; incido, consequor, assequor, etc.).

Lit.:

deprehensus ex itinere Cn. Magius,

Caes. B. C. 1, 24, 4:

in ipso fluminis vado deprehensus,

id. B. G. 5, 58, 6:

in agris,

id. ib. 6, 30:

in ponte,

Sall. C. 45:

nuntiorum pars deprehensa,

Caes. B. G. 5, 45; cf.:

deprehensis internuntiis,

id. B. C. 3, 112 fin.: tabellarios deprendere litterasque intercipere, Cassius ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 12; and:

litterae deprehensae,

intercepted, Liv. 2, 4:

onerarias naves,

to seize, take possession of, Caes. B. C. 1, 36, 2; so id. B. G. 7, 58, 4; id. B. C. 1, 26 al.:

volucres jaculis,

Sil. 16, 566:

cursu deprendere telum,

Stat. Th. 6, 568:

subito deprehensus locutus est,

taken by surprise, Sen. Ep. 11, 1.—

Transf. of inanimate subjects. So, esp. freq. of storms:

deprensa navigia,

caught, overtaken by, Lucr. 6, 429; cf. Catull. 25, 13; Verg. A. 5, 52; id. G. 4, 421; Ov. M. 11, 663; Curt. 7, 4 et saep.—

In a wider sense, to catch, overtake, surprise, apprehend, detect, find out, discover any one, esp. in doing any thing wrong.

Lit.:

deprehendi in aliquo manifesto scelere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 43; so,

in maximo scelere,

Sall. C. 46, 2; 50, 4:

in facinore manifesto,

Cic. Brut. 68 fin.:

in alio maleficio,

id. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

in adulterio,

id. de Or. 2, 68, 275; Vulg. Johan. 8, 3 et saep.:

dolis deprehensus,

Plaut. Bac. 4, 9, 26:

nocte ferro deprehensus,

Quint. 7, 6, 8:

sine duce et sine equitatu deprehensis hostibus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 52, 2:

(mulier) deprensa,

caught in the act, Hor. S. 1, 2, 131; 134; 1, 4, 114:

in mendacio,

Quint. 5, 7, 30:

aliquos flentes,

id. ib. 7, 9, 11: agendi subita necessitate deprehensi, id. 1, 12, 4; 1, 8, 21:

aliquem occisum, Suet,

Caes. 35 et saep.—

Of inanimate objects:

venenum,

Cic. Clu. 7, 20; cf. id. ib. 16, 47 sq.; Liv. 42, 17:

res furtiva in domo deprehensa,

Quint. 5, 13, 49; cf.

sacrilegium,

id. 8, 6, 26.—

Trop.

To comprehend, perceive, understand, detect, discover, discern, observe (chiefly post-Aug. in prose, esp. in Quint.):

cujus ego facinora oculis prius quam opinione, manibus ante quam suspicione deprehendi,

Cic. Cael. 6 fin.:

quid si me stultior ipso deprenderis?

Hor. S. 2, 7, 43:

hominum erga se mentes,

Suet. Calig. 60:

falsas gemmas,

Plin. 37, 13, 76, § 198:

quam naturam ejus Pythagoras Samius primus deprehendit,

id. 2, 8, 6, § 37; 2, 9, 6, § 43; 9, 28, 44, § 86; Cels. 3, 18; 7 praef.; Plin. Ep. 4, 20, 3:

falsa facilius deprehendere et refellere,

Quint. 12, 1, 34:

quod vix a lectore deprehenditur,

id. 4, 2, 59:

in Livio Patavinitatem,

id. 1, 5, 56; cf. id. 3, 8, 69; 5, 13, 23 et saep.—

With acc. et inf.:

species diversas esse facile est deprehendere,

Quint. 9, 2, 44:

quosdam mitti,

Suet. Aug. 44:

deprehenditur vitiose loqui,

Quint. 1, 6, 7.—

To overtake, equal, imitate:

juvenemque puer deprehende parentem,

Stat. S. 4, 4, 74.—

To find, discover, come upon (always implying mental action, post-Aug.):

extra carmen non deprendas,

Quint. 1, 5, 18:

quod in epistolis Augusti deprehenditur,

id. 1, 7, 22; 8, 6, 71:

apud Ciceronem mira figurarum mixtura deprehenditur,

id. 9, 3, 40.—

With the predominant idea of restricting the free movement of an object, to impede, to check, to bring into a strait.

Lit.:

inter quas (latebras) deprehensus hostis,

Curt. 7, 4, 4:

in fovea,

id. 5, 3, 19:

flamina deprensa silvis,

i. e. impeded, confined, Verg. A. 10, 98:

viae deprensus in aggere serpens,

id. ib. 5, 273; cf. id. ib. 8, 247; Quint. 12, 2, 14. —

Trop., to bring into a strait, to embarrass:

deprehensum me plane video atque sentio,

Cic. de Or. 1, 48; id. Verr. 2, 4, 12 fin.:

deprensi pudorem explicant,

Quint. 6, 3, 100:

(testes) plus deprehensi nocent, quam firmi et interriti profuissent,

id. 5, 7, 11 al.

pando, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [for spando; root spa-; Sanscr. spha-, spread, grow; Gr. spaô; cf. spatium].

Act., to bend, bow, curve any thing (cf.:

flecto, curvo): pandant enim posteriora,

Quint. 11, 3, 122:

manus leviter pandata,

id. 11, 3, 100. —

Mid., to bend itself, to bend:

in inferiora pandantur,

Plin. 16, 42, 81, § 223; 16, 39, 74, § 189; 16, 40, 79, § 219:

apes sarcinā pandatae,

id. 11, 10, 10, § 21:

firmiora juga sunt alliganda, ut rigorem habeant nec pandentur onere fructuum,

Col. 4, 16 fin. —

Neutr., to bend itself, to bend:

ulmus et fraxinus celeriter pandant,

Vitr. 2, 9; 6, 11.

pando pandi (acc. to Prisc. p. 891 P.), passum, and less freq. pansum (v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 567 sq.), 3, v. a., to spread out, extend; to unfold, expand [from the root pat of pateo, cf. petannumi, q. v.] (syn.: explano, explico, extendo).

Lit.:

pandere palmas Ante deum delubra,

Lucr. 5, 1200; so,

ad solem pennas,

Verg. G. 1, 398:

retia,

Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 29:

telas in parietibus latissime,

id. 29, 4, 27, § 87: aciem, to extend, deploy, = explicare, Tac. H. 2, 25; 4, 33:

rupem ferro,

i. e. to split, Liv. 21, 37:

utere velis, Totos pande sinus,

Juv. 1, 150.—

With se or pass., to spread one's self, stretch, open out, extend, etc.:

immensa panditur planities,

Liv. 32, 4:

dum se cornua latius pandunt,

id. 2, 31:

rosa sese pandit in calices,

Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 14:

ubi mare coepit in latitudinem pandi,

id. 6, 13, 15, § 38:

si panditur ultra (gremium),

i. e. is not yet full, Juv. 14, 327.—

In partic., in econom. lang., to spread out to dry, to dry fruits:

ficos pandere,

Col. 2, 22, 3:

uvas in sole,

id. 12, 39, 1.—

Transf.

To throw open, to open any thing by extending it (mostly poet.;

syn.: patefacio, aperio, recludo): pandite atque aperite propere januam hanc Orci,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 1:

pandite, sulti', genas (i. e. palpebras), Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. genas, p. 94 Müll. (Ann. v. 521 Vahl.): dividimus muros et moenia pandimus urbis,

Verg. A. 2, 234:

(Cerberus) tria guttura pandens,

id. ib. 6, 421:

limina,

id. ib. 6, 525: agros pingues, to lay open, i. e. to plough up, till, Lucr. 5, 1248:

piceae tantum taxique nocentes Interdum aut hederae pandunt vestigia nigrae,

disclose, Verg. G. 2, 257:

torridam incendio rupem ferro pandunt,

lay open, split, Liv. 21, 37, 3:

pandite nunc Helicona, deae,

Verg. A. 7, 641; 10, 1.—

Mid., to open itself, to open: panduntur inter ordines [p. 1297] viae, Liv. 10, 41:

cum caudā omnis jam panditur Hydra,

i. e. displays itself, Cic. Arat. 449.—

Trop.

To spread, extend; and with se, to spread or extend itself:

cum tempora se veris florentia pandunt,

Lucr. 6, 359:

illa divina (bona) longe lateque se pandunt caelumque contingunt,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 76:

quaerebam utrum panderem vela orationis,

id. ib. 4, 5, 9:

umbriferos ubi pandit Tabrica saltus,

Juv. 10, 194. —Mid.:

ab aquilone pandetur malum super omnes,

Vulg. Jer. 1, 14; see also under P. a. B.—

To open:

viam alicui ad dominationem,

Liv. 4, 15:

viam fugae,

id. 10, 5.—

In partic., to unfold in speaking, to make known, publish, relate, explain (mostly poet.):

omnem rerum naturam dictis,

Lucr. 5, 54:

primordia rerum,

id. 1, 55:

res altā terrā et caligine mersas,

Verg. A. 6, 267; 3, 252; 3, 479:

nomen,

Ov. M. 4, 679:

fata,

Luc. 6, 590:

Hesiodus agricolis praecepta pandere orsus,

Plin. H. N. 14, 1, 1, § 3.—Hence,

pansus, a, um, P. a., spread out, outspread, outstretched, extended (rare and mostly post-Aug.):

manibus et pedibus pansis,

Vitr. 3, 1:

suppliciter pansis ad numina palmis, Germ. Arat. 68: sago porrectius panso,

Amm. 29, 5, 48:

pansis in altum bracchiis,

Prud. Cath. 12, 170: panso currere carbaso, id. adv. Symm. praef. 1, 48.—

passus, a, um (cf.:

ab eo, quod est pando passum veteres dixerunt, non pansum, etc.,

Gell. 15, 15, 1), P. a., outspread, outstretched, extended, open.

Lit.:

velo passo pervenire,

under full sail, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 45; so,

velis passis pervehi,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 119:

passis late palmis,

Caes. B. C. 3, 98:

passis manibus,

Plin. 7, 17, 17, § 77; Gell. 15, 15, 3: crinis passus, and more freq. in plur., crines passi, loose, dishevelled hair:

capillus passus,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 56; Caes. B. G. 1. 51; 7, 48; Liv. 1, 13; Verg. A. 1, 480 et saep.—Hence, verba passa, loose, relaxed, i. e. prose, App. Flor. 2, 15, p. 352, 1.—

Transf.

Spread out to dry (v. supra, I. 2.); hence, dried, dry:

uvae,

i. e. raisins, Col. 12, 39, 4; Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 4, 4 Mai; Vulg. Num. 6, 4; so,

acini,

Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 16:

racemi,

Verg. G. 4, 269:

rapa,

Plin. 18, 13, 34, § 127:

uva passa pendilis,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 99:

lac passum,

boiled milk, Ov. M. 14, 274.—Hence,

Transf.: rugosi passique senes, dried up, withered, Lucil. ap. Non. 12, 5 (Sat. 19, 11).— Hence, subst.: passum, i, n. (sc. vinum), wine made from dried grapes, raisin-wine: passum nominabant, si in vindemiā uvam diutius coctam legerent, eamque passi essent in sole aduri, Varr. ap. Non. 551, 27; Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 51:

passo psythia utilior,

Verg. G. 2, 93; Juv. 14, 271; cf. Col. 12, 39, 1; Plin. 14, 9, 11, § 81; Pall. 11, 19, 1:

passum quo ex sicciore uva est, eo valentius est,

Cels. 2, 18.—

Trop.: verba passa, prose (post-class.), App. Flor. p. 352, 1.

rĕ-vēlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to unveil, uncover, lay bare (not ante-Aug.; syn.: patefacio, aperio, nudo, retego).

Lit.:

caput (opp. involvere),

Suet. Galb. 7:

frontem,

Tac. G. 31:

os,

Ov. F. 6, 619:

pectus,

Flor. 4, 2, 71:

carpenta (opp. contegere),

App. M. 10, p. 247:

sacra,

Ov. H. 11, 73. —

Trop., to disclose, reveal:

fraudes (with detegere),

App. M. 9, p. 229:

omnia (tempus),

Tert. Apol. 7 fin.:

justitiam et salutem Domini cunctis gentibus,

Hier. in Isa. 15, 56, 2; Vulg. Psa. 28, 9; id. Matt. 10, 26 et saep.: Ulixes Eumaeo, quis sit, revelat. Aus. Per. Od. 21.