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ambiguous oracles

  • 1 operio

    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).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    II.
    Trop.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > operio

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