covertly

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oblīquus ( oblīcus, v. Orthogr. Vergl. p. 449 Wagner), a, um, adj. [ob and liquus; root lek-; Gr. lechrios, lechris, slantwise (cf.: loxos, Loxias); Lat. licinus, limus, luxus, luxare], sidelong, slanting, awry, oblique (freq. and class.; cf.: transversus, imus).

Lit.:

motus corporis, pronus, obliquus, supinus,

Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

hos partim obliquos, partim aversos, partim etiam adversos stare vobis,

on one side of you, sideways, id. Rep. 6, 19, 20:

obliquo claudicare pede,

Ov. Am. 2, 17, 20:

sublicae,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17:

ordines,

id. ib. 7, 73:

iter,

id. B. C. 1, 70:

obliquam facere imaginem,

a side-likeness, profile, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 90:

chordae,

i. e. of the triangular harp, Juv. 3, 64:

verris obliquum meditantis ictum Sanguine donare,

Hor. C. 3, 22, 7:

obliquo dente timendus aper,

Ov. H. 4, 104:

rex aquarum cursibus obliquis fluens,

id. M. 9, 18:

radix,

id. ib. 10, 491:

obliquo capite speculari,

Plin. 8, 24, 36, § 88:

non istic obliquo oculo mea commoda quisquam Limat,

with a sidelong glance, an envious look, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 37:

non obliquis oculis sed circumacto capite cernere,

Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 151:

obliquoque notat Proserpina vultu,

Stat. S. 2, 6, 102.— Adverbial phrases: ab obliquo, ex obliquo, per obliquum, in obliquum, obliquum, from the side, sideways, not straight on:

ab obliquo,

Ov. R. Am. 121:

nec supra ipsum nec infra, sed ex obliquo,

Plin. 2, 31, 31, § 99:

serpens per obliquum similis sagittae Terruit mannos,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 6:

cancri in obliquom aspiciunt,

Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 152: obliquum, obliquely, askance:

oculis obliquum respiciens,

App. M. 3, p. 140.— Comp.:

quia positio signiferi circa media sui obliquior est,

Plin. 2, 77, 79, § 188.—

Fig.

Of relationship, not direct, collateral ( poet. and late Lat.):

obliquum a patre genus,

i. e. not born of the same mother with myself, Stat. Th. 5, 221:

obliquo maculat qui sanguine regnum,

by collateral consanguinity, Luc. 8, 286; cf.:

tertio gradu veniunt... ex obliquo fratris sororisque filius,

Paul. Sent. 4, 11, 3.—

Of speech.

Indirect, covert:

obliquis orationibus carpere aliquem,

Suet. Dom. 2:

insectatio,

Tac. A. 14, 11:

dicta,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 9:

verba,

Amm. 15, 5, 4.—

In a bad sense, envious, hostile (post-class.):

Cato adversus potentes semper obliquus,

Flor. 4, 2, 9.—

In gram.

Obliquus casus, an oblique case (i. e. all the cases except the nom. and voc.), opp. rectus:

alia casus habent et rectos et obliquos,

Varr. L. L. 8, § 49 Müll.—

Obliqua oratio, indirect speech: apud historicos reperiuntur obliquae allocutiones, ut in T. Livii primo statim libro (c. 9): urbes quoque, ut cetera, ex infimo nasci;

deinde, etc.,

Quint. 9, 2, 37:

oratio,

Just. 38, 3, 11.— Hence, adv.: oblīquē, sideways, athwart, obliquely.

Lit. (class.):

quae (atomi) recte, quae oblique ferantur,

Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 20:

sublicae oblique agebantur,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 9: procedere. Plin. 9, 30, 50, § 95:

situs signifer,

id. 2, 15, 13, § 63.—

Trop., indirectly, covertly (post-Aug.):

aliquem castigare,

Tac. A. 3, 35:

perstringere aliquem,

id. ib. 5, 2:

admonere,

Gell. 3, 2, 16:

agere,

id. 7, 17, 4.

obscūrus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. sku, to cover, akin to Gr. skeuê, skutos, kutos; cf.: scutum, cutis], dark, darksome, dusky, shady, obscure (class.).

Lit.: unde (Acherunte) animae excitantur obscurā umbrā, in dark, shadowy forms, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; so,

umbra,

Verg. A. 6, 453:

donec in obscurum coni conduxit acumen,

the obscure point of the cone, Lucr. 4, 431:

lucus,

Verg. A. 9, 87:

antrum,

Ov. M. 4, 100:

convalles,

Verg. A. 6, 139:

tabernae,

Hor. A. P. 229; cf. Liv. 10, 1, 5: aliae res obnoxiosae nocte in obscurā latent, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 16 (17), 10 (Trag. v. 341 Vahl.):

nox,

Verg. A. 2, 420; cf.:

per occasum solis, jam obscurā luce,

Liv. 24, 21:

caelum,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 15:

nimbus,

Verg. A. 12, 416:

nubes,

id. G. 4, 60:

ferrugo,

i. e. black, id. ib. 1, 467:

dentes,

Juv. 6, 145.— Poet.: funda, dark, i. e. invisible, Val. Fl. 6, 193; cf.

mamma,

i. e. hidden, covered, id. 3, 52, 6:

aquae,

i. e. turbid, Ov. F. 4, 758.— Subst.: obscūrum, i, n., dim light, twilight:

in obscuro, advesperascente die,

Vulg. Prov. 7, 9; but commonly the dark, darkness, obscurity:

sub obscurum noctis,

Verg. G. 1, 478:

lumen,

i. e. darkness visible, Sall. J. 21, 2.— obscū-rum, adverb.:

obscurum nimbosus dissidet aër,

Luc. 5, 631.—

Transf., to the person who is in the dark, darkling, unseen:

ibant obscuri solā sub nocte per umbram,

Verg. A. 6, 268:

obscurus in ulvā Delitui,

id. ib. 2, 135.—

Trop.

In gen., dark, obscure, indistinct, unintelligible:

Heraclitus... Clarus ob obscuram linguam,

Lucr. 1, 639: valde Heraclitus obscurus (cf. the Gr. appellation of Heraclitus, ho skoteinos), Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133:

quid? poëta nemo, nemo physicus obscurus?

id. ib.:

obscurā de re tam lucida pango carmina,

Lucr. 1, 933; 4, 8:

brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,

Hor. A. P. 25:

reperta Graiorum,

Lucr. 1, 136:

obscurum et ignotum jus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 177:

cur hoc tam est obscurum atque caecum?

id. Agr. 2, 14, 35:

nolo plebem Romanam obscurā spe et caecā expectatione haerere,

uncertain, id. ib. 2, 25, 66.— Comp., Quint. 11, 3, 60.— Sup.:

videre res obscurissimas,

Cic. de Or. 2, 36, 153.— Subst.:

causae in obscuro positae,

Cels. 1 praef. —

In partic., rhet. t. t.: obscurum genus causae, obscure, i. e. intricate, involved, Gr. dusparakolouthêton, Cic. Inv. 1, 15, 20:

(causae privatae) sunt multo saepe obscuriores,

id. de Or. 2, 24, 100.—

Not known, unknown, not recognized:

forma,

Ov. M. 3, 475:

P Ilas,

i. e. disguised, under another form, id. ib. 6, 36.—Esp. of rank and station, obscure, ignoble, mean, low:

non est obscura tua in me benevolentia,

Cic. Fam. 13, 70: Caesaris in barbaris erat nomen obscurius, * Caes. B. C. 1, 61:

Pompeius humili atque obscuro loco natus,

of an obscure, ignoble family, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 70, § 181:

obscuris orti majoribus,

from obscure ancestors, id. Off. 1, 32, 116:

clarus an obscurus,

Quint. 5, 10, 26; cf.:

si nobilis obscurum se vocet,

id. 11, 1, 21; 2, 3, 9:

non obscurus professor et auctor,

id. 2, 15, 36:

natus haud obscuro loco,

Sall. C. 23, 1.— Neutr. absol.:

in obscuro vitam habere,

Sall. C. 51, 12:

vitam per obscurum transmittere,

in obscurity, Sen. Ep. 19, 3:

saepe mandatum initio litis in obscuro est,

kept back, Gai. Inst. 4, 84.—

Of character, close, secret, reserved:

obscurus et astutus homo,

Cic. Off. 3, 13, 5 (for which:

sin me astutum et occultum lubet fingere,

id. Fam. 3, 10, 8):

plerumque modestus Occupat obscuri speciem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 94:

Tiberium obscurum adversus alios, sibi uni incautum intectumque efficeret,

Tac. A. 4, 1:

obscurum odium,

Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 6.— Comp.:

natura obscurior,

Tac. Agr. 42.— Adv.: ob-scūrē, darkly, obscurely (class.).

Lit.: aut nihil superum aut obscure admodum cernimus, very darkly, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 474, 28.—

Trop.

Of speech, darkly, obscurely, indistinctly:

dicta,

Quint. 3, 4, 3; 4, 1, 79.— Comp.:

quae causa dicta obscurius est,

Quint. 8, 2, 24.— Sup.:

obscurissime particulā uti, Cell. 17, 13, 5: non obscurissime dicere (opp. planissime),

id. 11, 16, 9.—

Of birth, obscurely, ignobly, meanly (perh. only post-class.):

obscure natus,

Macr. S. 7, 3:

obscurissime natus,

Amm. 29, 1, 5.—

Covertly, closely, secretly:

malum obscure serpens,

Cic. Cat. 4, 3, 6:

tacite obscureque perire,

id. Quint. 15, 50:

non obscure ferre aliquid,

id. Clu. 19, 54; cf. id. Par. 6, 1, 45; Hirt. B. G. 8, 54.— Comp.:

ceteri sunt obscurius iniqui,

more secretly, Cic. Fam. 1, 5, b, 2.— Sup.:

avertere aliquid de publico quam obscurissime,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53.

obscūrus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. sku, to cover, akin to Gr. skeuê, skutos, kutos; cf.: scutum, cutis], dark, darksome, dusky, shady, obscure (class.).

Lit.: unde (Acherunte) animae excitantur obscurā umbrā, in dark, shadowy forms, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; so,

umbra,

Verg. A. 6, 453:

donec in obscurum coni conduxit acumen,

the obscure point of the cone, Lucr. 4, 431:

lucus,

Verg. A. 9, 87:

antrum,

Ov. M. 4, 100:

convalles,

Verg. A. 6, 139:

tabernae,

Hor. A. P. 229; cf. Liv. 10, 1, 5: aliae res obnoxiosae nocte in obscurā latent, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 16 (17), 10 (Trag. v. 341 Vahl.):

nox,

Verg. A. 2, 420; cf.:

per occasum solis, jam obscurā luce,

Liv. 24, 21:

caelum,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 15:

nimbus,

Verg. A. 12, 416:

nubes,

id. G. 4, 60:

ferrugo,

i. e. black, id. ib. 1, 467:

dentes,

Juv. 6, 145.— Poet.: funda, dark, i. e. invisible, Val. Fl. 6, 193; cf.

mamma,

i. e. hidden, covered, id. 3, 52, 6:

aquae,

i. e. turbid, Ov. F. 4, 758.— Subst.: obscūrum, i, n., dim light, twilight:

in obscuro, advesperascente die,

Vulg. Prov. 7, 9; but commonly the dark, darkness, obscurity:

sub obscurum noctis,

Verg. G. 1, 478:

lumen,

i. e. darkness visible, Sall. J. 21, 2.— obscū-rum, adverb.:

obscurum nimbosus dissidet aër,

Luc. 5, 631.—

Transf., to the person who is in the dark, darkling, unseen:

ibant obscuri solā sub nocte per umbram,

Verg. A. 6, 268:

obscurus in ulvā Delitui,

id. ib. 2, 135.—

Trop.

In gen., dark, obscure, indistinct, unintelligible:

Heraclitus... Clarus ob obscuram linguam,

Lucr. 1, 639: valde Heraclitus obscurus (cf. the Gr. appellation of Heraclitus, ho skoteinos), Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133:

quid? poëta nemo, nemo physicus obscurus?

id. ib.:

obscurā de re tam lucida pango carmina,

Lucr. 1, 933; 4, 8:

brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,

Hor. A. P. 25:

reperta Graiorum,

Lucr. 1, 136:

obscurum et ignotum jus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 177:

cur hoc tam est obscurum atque caecum?

id. Agr. 2, 14, 35:

nolo plebem Romanam obscurā spe et caecā expectatione haerere,

uncertain, id. ib. 2, 25, 66.— Comp., Quint. 11, 3, 60.— Sup.:

videre res obscurissimas,

Cic. de Or. 2, 36, 153.— Subst.:

causae in obscuro positae,

Cels. 1 praef. —

In partic., rhet. t. t.: obscurum genus causae, obscure, i. e. intricate, involved, Gr. dusparakolouthêton, Cic. Inv. 1, 15, 20:

(causae privatae) sunt multo saepe obscuriores,

id. de Or. 2, 24, 100.—

Not known, unknown, not recognized:

forma,

Ov. M. 3, 475:

P Ilas,

i. e. disguised, under another form, id. ib. 6, 36.—Esp. of rank and station, obscure, ignoble, mean, low:

non est obscura tua in me benevolentia,

Cic. Fam. 13, 70: Caesaris in barbaris erat nomen obscurius, * Caes. B. C. 1, 61:

Pompeius humili atque obscuro loco natus,

of an obscure, ignoble family, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 70, § 181:

obscuris orti majoribus,

from obscure ancestors, id. Off. 1, 32, 116:

clarus an obscurus,

Quint. 5, 10, 26; cf.:

si nobilis obscurum se vocet,

id. 11, 1, 21; 2, 3, 9:

non obscurus professor et auctor,

id. 2, 15, 36:

natus haud obscuro loco,

Sall. C. 23, 1.— Neutr. absol.:

in obscuro vitam habere,

Sall. C. 51, 12:

vitam per obscurum transmittere,

in obscurity, Sen. Ep. 19, 3:

saepe mandatum initio litis in obscuro est,

kept back, Gai. Inst. 4, 84.—

Of character, close, secret, reserved:

obscurus et astutus homo,

Cic. Off. 3, 13, 5 (for which:

sin me astutum et occultum lubet fingere,

id. Fam. 3, 10, 8):

plerumque modestus Occupat obscuri speciem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 94:

Tiberium obscurum adversus alios, sibi uni incautum intectumque efficeret,

Tac. A. 4, 1:

obscurum odium,

Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 6.— Comp.:

natura obscurior,

Tac. Agr. 42.— Adv.: ob-scūrē, darkly, obscurely (class.).

Lit.: aut nihil superum aut obscure admodum cernimus, very darkly, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 474, 28.—

Trop.

Of speech, darkly, obscurely, indistinctly:

dicta,

Quint. 3, 4, 3; 4, 1, 79.— Comp.:

quae causa dicta obscurius est,

Quint. 8, 2, 24.— Sup.:

obscurissime particulā uti, Cell. 17, 13, 5: non obscurissime dicere (opp. planissime),

id. 11, 16, 9.—

Of birth, obscurely, ignobly, meanly (perh. only post-class.):

obscure natus,

Macr. S. 7, 3:

obscurissime natus,

Amm. 29, 1, 5.—

Covertly, closely, secretly:

malum obscure serpens,

Cic. Cat. 4, 3, 6:

tacite obscureque perire,

id. Quint. 15, 50:

non obscure ferre aliquid,

id. Clu. 19, 54; cf. id. Par. 6, 1, 45; Hirt. B. G. 8, 54.— Comp.:

ceteri sunt obscurius iniqui,

more secretly, Cic. Fam. 1, 5, b, 2.— Sup.:

avertere aliquid de publico quam obscurissime,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53.

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.

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.