praeclūdō

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prae-clūdo, si, sum, 3, v. a. [claudo], to shut in front, hence, in gen., to shut to, to close (class.).

Lit.:

portas praeclusit,

Caes. B. C. 2, 19 fin.:

praecludere portas consuli,

id. ib. 3, 12:

fores,

Prop. 2, 4 (5), 21:

portus classi,

Luc. 9, 39:

horrea,

Suet. Calig. 26 fin.:

via lapidum ruinā praeclusa,

blocked up, Suet. Oth. 8 fin. — Transf., with a personal object:

praeclusit cunctos negotiatores,

i. e. closed their shops, Suet. Ner. 32.—

Transf.

To close a thing to any one, i. e. to forbid access to:

omnem orbem terrarum civibus Romanis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 65, § 168:

maritimos cursus praecludebat hiemis magnitudo,

id. Planc. 40, 96:

sibi curiam,

id. Pis. 17, 40:

omnes sibi aditus misericordiae judicum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 8, § 21. —

To shut up or off, to hinder, stop, impede:

effugium alicui,

Lucr. 1, 973:

vocem alicui,

Liv. 33, 13, 5; cf.:

linguam cani, ne latret,

Phaedr. 1, 22, 5.

ŏpĕrĭo, ŭi, ertum, 4 (archaic fut. operibo: ego operibo caput, Pompon. ap. Non. 507, 33; imperf. operibat, Prop. 4, 12, 35), v. a. [pario, whence the opp. aperio, to uncover; cf. paro], to cover, cover over any thing (class.; syn.: tego, velo, induo).

Lit.

Operire capita, Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 34; cf.:

capite operto esse,

Cic. Sen. 10, 34:

operiri umerum cum toto jugulo,

Quint. 11, 3, 141; id. praef. § 24.—Esp., of clothing:

aeger multā veste operiendus est,

Cels. 3, 7 fin.; so in Vulg. Isa. 58, 7; id. Ezech. 18, 7 et saep.:

fons fluctu totus operiretur, nisi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 118:

summas amphoras auro et argento,

Nep. Hann. 9, 3:

mons nubibus,

Ov. P. 4, 5, 5:

(rhombos) quos operit glacies Maeotica,

Juv. 4, 42.—Comically: aliquem loris, to cover over, i. e. to lash soundly, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 28:

reliquias malae pugnae,

i. e. to bury, Tac. A. 15, 28:

operiet eos formido,

Vulg. Ezech. 7, 18; id. Jer. 3, 25.—

Transf., to shut, close (syn.:

claudo, praecludo, obsero): fores,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 1:

ostium,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 33:

iste opertā lecticā latus est,

Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 106: oculos, to shut, close (opp. patefacere), Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150; cf.:

opertos compressosve (oculos),

Quint. 11, 2, 76.—

Trop.

To hide, conceal, keep from observation, dissemble:

quo pacto hoc operiam?

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 6 Bentl. (al. aperiam):

non in oratione operiendā sunt quaedam,

Quint. 2, 13, 12:

quotiens dictu deformia operit,

id. 8, 6, 59; cf. id. 5, 12, 18:

luctum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 6:

domestica mala tristitia,

Tac. A. 3, 18.—

To overwhelm, burden, [p. 1268] as with shame, etc. (only in part. perf. pass.):

contumeliis opertus,

loaded, overwhelmed, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 111; cf.:

judicia operta dedecore et infamiā,

id. Clu. 22, 61:

infamiā,

Tac. H. 3, 69.—

Of sin, to atone for, cover, cause to be forgotten (eccl. Lat.):

qui converti fecerit peccatorem, operiet multitudinem peccatorum,

Vulg. Jac. 5, 20; id. 1 Pet. 4, 8.— ŏpertus, a, um, P. a., hidden, concealed (class.):

operta quae fuere, aperta sunt,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 9:

res,

Cic. Fin. 2, 2, 5:

operta bella,

Verg. G. 1, 465:

cineres,

Hor. C. 2, 8, 9:

hamum,

id. S. 1, 16, 50.—As subst.: ŏpertum, i, n., a secret place or thing, a secret; an ambiguous answer, dark oracle, etc.:

Apollinis operta,

the dark, ambiguous oracles, Cic. Div. 1, 50, 115:

telluris operta subire,

the depths, Verg. A. 6, 140: opertum Bonae Deae, the secret place or secret service, Cic. Par. 4, 2, 32:

litterarum,

a secret, Gell. 17, 9, 22.— Adv.: ŏpertē, covertly, figuratively (post-class.):

operte et symbolice,

Gell. 4, 11, 10.