co-operio

cŏ-ŏpĕrĭo, rŭi, rtum, 4 (contr. form coperiunt, Lucr. 6, 491; cf. Lachm. ap. Lucr. 2, p. 134 sq.), v. a., to cover wholly, to cover, cover over, overwhelm (class.; most freq. in part. perf.).

Lit.

Verb finit.:

Cyrsilum quendam lapidibus cooperuerunt,

Cic. Off. 3, 11, 48; so Liv. 4, 50, 5:

tempestas atque tenebrae maria ac terras,

Lucr. 6, 491; 5, 342:

radices,

Plin. 17, 26, 39, § 246:

se multā fronde (vitis),

Col. 5, 6, 36.—

Part. perf.:

coöperta membra pannis,

Lucr. 6, 1269; so Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 66:

corpus telis,

Liv. 8, 10, 10:

Pomptinum omne velut nubibus locustarum,

id. 42, 2, 5; Plin. 19, 7, 36, § 122; Tac. A. 13, 41:

iste lapidibus in foro,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 119. —

Trop.: fenoribus coöpertus est, overwhelmed, buried in, Cato and Sall. ap. Gell. 2, 17, 7; in part.:

tot, tantis, tam nefariis sceleribus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 9:

flagitiis atque facinoribus,

Sall. C. 23, 1:

miseriis,

id. J. 14, 11: famosis versibus, * Hor. S. 2, 1, 68; cf.:

onerare aliquem maledictis,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 122.

părĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [par].

In gen., to make equal; hence, pass., with force of mid., to be equal (postclass.):

pariari deo,

Tert. Res. Carn. 6.—

In partic., to settle, pay in full a debt:

nummos alicui,

Dig. 40, 1, 4: QVISQVIS MENSIB. CONTINENTER NON PARIAVERIT, has not paid his share, Inscr. Lanuv. (a. p. Chr. 136) in Momms. Collegg. et Sodalicc. Romann.— In part. perf. mid.: PARIATVS, that has paid his share, Inscr. Lanuv. in Momms. Collegg. et Sodalicc. Romann.—

Neutr., to be equal, Tert. Anim. 30 fin.; 32 fin.

părĭo, pĕpĕri, părĭtum, and partum, 3 ( fut. part. parturam, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 86; fut. paribis for paries, Pompon. ap. Non. 508, 3; inf. parire, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 59 Müll., and in Diom. p. 378 P.; Plaut. Fragm. ap. Philarg. Verg. E. 2, 63), v. a. [cf. Gr. root por- in eporon, gave, peprôtai, is fated; Lat. portio, partus, puerpera, perh. parare], to bring forth, to bear; of animals, to drop, lay, spawn, etc. (syn. gigno).

Lit.:

si quintum pareret mater ejus, asinum fuisse pariturum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 267: ut ea liberos ex sese pareret, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 3:

gallinas teneras, quae primum parient, concludat,

Cato, R. R. 89; so,

quae gallina id ovum peperisset,

Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 57; cf.:

ova parire solet, etc., Enn. l. l. (Ann. v. 10 Vahl.): nam audivi feminam ego leonem semel parire, Plaut. l. l.—Of plants,

to flower, Plin. 16, 25, 39, § 94.—

Transf

Of males, to beget ( poet.):

apud tragicos: et jam leo pariet, at pater est,

Quint. 8, 6, 34; Caecil. ap. Non. 464, 22 (in a corrupt passage).—

In gen., to bring forth, produce:

ligna putrefacta per imbres Vermiculos pariunt,

Lucr. 2, 899:

ut sarmentum in pariendis colibus vires habeat majores,

Varr. R. R. 1, 32, 2; cf. id. ib. 1, 41, 5:

fruges et reliqua, quae terra pariat,

Cic. N. D. 1, 2; Plin. 16, 37, 68, § 174; 31, 10, 46, § 112:

spiritum,

Vulg. Isa. 26, 18. —

Trop., to produce, create, bring about, accomplish, occasion, devise, invent, procure, acquire, etc. (syn.:

genero, creo, gigno): ars dicendi habet hanc vim, non ut aliquid pariat et procreet, verum ut educet atque confirmet,

Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 356: qui famam multo peperere labore, Enn. ap. Philarg. ad Verg. G. 4, 188 (Ann. v. 427 Vahl.):

dolorem, voluptatem,

Cic. Fin. 1, 15, 49:

discidium,

Lucr. 1, 220:

taedium,

Quint. 9, 4, 43:

spinosiora multa pepererunt,

Cic. Or. 32, 114; so,

quibus etiam verba parienda sunt,

id. Fin. 3, 1, 3; and:

hinc fabulae Scyllam et Charybdim peperere,

Just. 4, 1, 13:

ne quicquam nobis pariant ex se incommodi,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 17:

alicui aegritudinem,

id. Trin. 2, 2, 35:

fiduciam,

Sall. H. 1, 41, 22 Dietsch:

alicni curas,

Prop. 1, 18, 23:

obsequium amicos, veritas odium parit,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 41:

sibi maximam laudem,

Cic. Off. 2, 13, 47:

meis laboribus dignitas salusque pariatur,

id. Cat. 4, 1, 1; id. Sull. 17, 49:

praedā improbe partā,

id. Fin. 1, 16, 51:

aliquem honeste partis bonis privare,

id. Quint. 23, 74; id. Sull. 28, 77:

sibi salutem,

Caes. B. C. 3, 69:

ante partam rei militaris gloriam amittere,

id. B. G. 6, 39:

gratiam ingentem apud aliquem,

Liv. 34, 44:

sibi decus et victoriam,

id. 30, 14:

amicos officio et fide,

Sall. J. 10, 4:

alicui somnum mero,

Tib. 1, 7, 27 (6, 23):

qui sibi letum Insontes peperere manu,

Verg. A. 6, 434; Tib. 4, 13, 20.—Hence, partus, a, um, P. a., that has borne:

parta nutrici consociata, etc.,

the ewe that has dropped the lamb, Col. 7, 4, 3.—

Gained, acquired. — Hence, as subst.: parta, ōrum, n., acquisitions, possessions:

quod majus dedecus est parta amittere, quam omnino non paravisse,

Sall. J. 31, 17; cf. id. C. 51, 42;

d. H. 1, 41, 17 Dietsch: tantis parta malis curā majore metuque Servantur,

Juv. 14, 303.

părĭo, īre, the ground form of aperio and operio.

părĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [par].

In gen., to make equal; hence, pass., with force of mid., to be equal (postclass.):

pariari deo,

Tert. Res. Carn. 6.—

In partic., to settle, pay in full a debt:

nummos alicui,

Dig. 40, 1, 4: QVISQVIS MENSIB. CONTINENTER NON PARIAVERIT, has not paid his share, Inscr. Lanuv. (a. p. Chr. 136) in Momms. Collegg. et Sodalicc. Romann.— In part. perf. mid.: PARIATVS, that has paid his share, Inscr. Lanuv. in Momms. Collegg. et Sodalicc. Romann.—

Neutr., to be equal, Tert. Anim. 30 fin.; 32 fin.

părĭo, pĕpĕri, părĭtum, and partum, 3 ( fut. part. parturam, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 86; fut. paribis for paries, Pompon. ap. Non. 508, 3; inf. parire, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 59 Müll., and in Diom. p. 378 P.; Plaut. Fragm. ap. Philarg. Verg. E. 2, 63), v. a. [cf. Gr. root por- in eporon, gave, peprôtai, is fated; Lat. portio, partus, puerpera, perh. parare], to bring forth, to bear; of animals, to drop, lay, spawn, etc. (syn. gigno).

Lit.:

si quintum pareret mater ejus, asinum fuisse pariturum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 267: ut ea liberos ex sese pareret, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 3:

gallinas teneras, quae primum parient, concludat,

Cato, R. R. 89; so,

quae gallina id ovum peperisset,

Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 57; cf.:

ova parire solet, etc., Enn. l. l. (Ann. v. 10 Vahl.): nam audivi feminam ego leonem semel parire, Plaut. l. l.—Of plants,

to flower, Plin. 16, 25, 39, § 94.—

Transf

Of males, to beget ( poet.):

apud tragicos: et jam leo pariet, at pater est,

Quint. 8, 6, 34; Caecil. ap. Non. 464, 22 (in a corrupt passage).—

In gen., to bring forth, produce:

ligna putrefacta per imbres Vermiculos pariunt,

Lucr. 2, 899:

ut sarmentum in pariendis colibus vires habeat majores,

Varr. R. R. 1, 32, 2; cf. id. ib. 1, 41, 5:

fruges et reliqua, quae terra pariat,

Cic. N. D. 1, 2; Plin. 16, 37, 68, § 174; 31, 10, 46, § 112:

spiritum,

Vulg. Isa. 26, 18. —

Trop., to produce, create, bring about, accomplish, occasion, devise, invent, procure, acquire, etc. (syn.:

genero, creo, gigno): ars dicendi habet hanc vim, non ut aliquid pariat et procreet, verum ut educet atque confirmet,

Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 356: qui famam multo peperere labore, Enn. ap. Philarg. ad Verg. G. 4, 188 (Ann. v. 427 Vahl.):

dolorem, voluptatem,

Cic. Fin. 1, 15, 49:

discidium,

Lucr. 1, 220:

taedium,

Quint. 9, 4, 43:

spinosiora multa pepererunt,

Cic. Or. 32, 114; so,

quibus etiam verba parienda sunt,

id. Fin. 3, 1, 3; and:

hinc fabulae Scyllam et Charybdim peperere,

Just. 4, 1, 13:

ne quicquam nobis pariant ex se incommodi,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 17:

alicui aegritudinem,

id. Trin. 2, 2, 35:

fiduciam,

Sall. H. 1, 41, 22 Dietsch:

alicni curas,

Prop. 1, 18, 23:

obsequium amicos, veritas odium parit,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 41:

sibi maximam laudem,

Cic. Off. 2, 13, 47:

meis laboribus dignitas salusque pariatur,

id. Cat. 4, 1, 1; id. Sull. 17, 49:

praedā improbe partā,

id. Fin. 1, 16, 51:

aliquem honeste partis bonis privare,

id. Quint. 23, 74; id. Sull. 28, 77:

sibi salutem,

Caes. B. C. 3, 69:

ante partam rei militaris gloriam amittere,

id. B. G. 6, 39:

gratiam ingentem apud aliquem,

Liv. 34, 44:

sibi decus et victoriam,

id. 30, 14:

amicos officio et fide,

Sall. J. 10, 4:

alicui somnum mero,

Tib. 1, 7, 27 (6, 23):

qui sibi letum Insontes peperere manu,

Verg. A. 6, 434; Tib. 4, 13, 20.—Hence, partus, a, um, P. a., that has borne:

parta nutrici consociata, etc.,

the ewe that has dropped the lamb, Col. 7, 4, 3.—

Gained, acquired. — Hence, as subst.: parta, ōrum, n., acquisitions, possessions:

quod majus dedecus est parta amittere, quam omnino non paravisse,

Sall. J. 31, 17; cf. id. C. 51, 42;

d. H. 1, 41, 17 Dietsch: tantis parta malis curā majore metuque Servantur,

Juv. 14, 303.

părĭo, īre, the ground form of aperio and operio.

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.