reconditus

* * *

rĕ-condo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3, v. a., to put up again, put back again; to lay up, put or stow away, hoard; to shut up, close; to hide, conceal, bury, etc. (cf.: abscondo, occulo, retrudo, abdo).

Lit.:

gladium cruentatum in vaginam recondidit,

put up again, sheathe, Cic. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

gladium in vaginā,

id. Cat. 1, 2, 4; cf. id. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

cum Lepidus flammae vi e rogo ejectus recondi propter ardorem non potuisset,

put back again, Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186: reliquias (ciborum) aliquo, * Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 78; cf.:

uvas in amphoras,

Col. 12, 16, 3:

uvas in vasis,

id. 12, 15 fin.:

victum tectis,

id. ib. prooem. §

12: Caecubum,

Hor. C. 3, 28, 2:

opes aerario,

Quint. 10, 3, 3:

frumentum in annos,

Col. 2, 20, 6: se, to bury one ' s self, Sen. Ep. 8, 1: se in locum, ex quo, etc., to hide one ' s self, Quint. 10, 3, 25:

quod celari opus erat, habebant sepositum et reconditum,

hid away, concealed, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 24; cf.:

nihil tam clausum neque tam reconditum,

id. ib. 2, 4, 20, §

40: recondita alia invenerunt,

Liv. 8, 18:

imo reconditus antro,

Ov. M. 1, 583; cf.

nube,

id. ib. 3, 273:

silvā,

id. ib. 4, 339; Flor. 1, 13, 11 Duk. (cf. Liv. 5, 51, 9 Drak., and v. the foll.).— Poet.: oculos, to close again (opp. erigere), Ov. M. 4, 146: avidā recondidit alvo, hid, i. e. swallowed, id. ib. 12, 17; cf.: cum subito Triton ore recondit aquam, sucks in, i. q. absorbet, Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 16:

ensem in pulmone,

to bury, sheathe, plunge, Verg. A. 10, 387; so,

gladium lateri,

Ov. M. 12, 482. —

Trop.:

mens alia visa sic arripit, ut his statim utatur, alia recondit, e quibus memoria oritur,

lays up, stores away, Cic. Ac. 2, 10, 30; cf.:

verba, vultus in crimen detorquens recondebat,

Tac. A. 1, 7 fin.;

and, odia,

id. ib. 1, 69 fin.:

Venerem interius recondere,

Verg. G. 3, 137:

quos fama obscura recondit,

id. A. 5, 302:

voluptates,

to keep secret, Tac. A. 4, 57:

in hoc me recondidi... ut prodesse pluribus possem,

went into retirement, Sen. Ep. 8, 1; cf.:

penitus quicquid arcani apparo, id Herc. Oet. 478: praecepta mea reconde,

Vulg. Prov. 7, 1.— Hence, rĕcondĭtus, a, um, P. a., put away, out of the way, hidden, concealed, retired, sequestered.

Lit.:

neque tabulis et signis propalam collocatis, sed his omnibus rebus constructis ac reconditis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 161:

quid Aegyptus? ut occulte latet! ut recondita est!

id. Agr. 2, 16, 41; cf.

locus,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 89, § 207; so,

saltus,

Cat. 34, 11:

venae auri argentique,

deep-lying, concealed, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 98:

habemus senatus consultum, verum inclusum in tabulis, tamquam in vaginā reconditum,

id. Cat. 1, 2, 4.— Subst.: rĕcondĭtum, i, n., a secret place, Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 25.— Plur.: rĕ-condĭta, ōrum, n., remote, sequestered places: Pergami in occultis ac reconditis templi, * Caes. B. C. 3, 105, 4.—

Trop., hidden, profound, abstruse, recondite:

litterae,

Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; cf.:

reconditae abstrusaeque res,

id. Brut. 11, 44;

and, reconditiora, opp. quae in promptu sunt,

id. Ac. 2, 4, 10:

artes,

id. de Or. 1, 3, 8; cf. id. Off. 1, 27, 95:

causae,

Tac. Or. 28:

reconditae exquisitaeque sententiae,

profound, recondite, Cic. Brut. 97, 274: verba, unusual, August. ap. Suet. Aug. 86:

(natura) speciem ita formavit oris, ut in eā penitus reconditos mores effingeret,

concealed, hidden, Cic. Leg. 1, 9, 26; cf.:

Quinctius naturā tristi ac reconditā fuit,

of a reserved disposition, id. Quint. 18, 59.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.

rĕ-condo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3, v. a., to put up again, put back again; to lay up, put or stow away, hoard; to shut up, close; to hide, conceal, bury, etc. (cf.: abscondo, occulo, retrudo, abdo).

Lit.:

gladium cruentatum in vaginam recondidit,

put up again, sheathe, Cic. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

gladium in vaginā,

id. Cat. 1, 2, 4; cf. id. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

cum Lepidus flammae vi e rogo ejectus recondi propter ardorem non potuisset,

put back again, Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186: reliquias (ciborum) aliquo, * Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 78; cf.:

uvas in amphoras,

Col. 12, 16, 3:

uvas in vasis,

id. 12, 15 fin.:

victum tectis,

id. ib. prooem. §

12: Caecubum,

Hor. C. 3, 28, 2:

opes aerario,

Quint. 10, 3, 3:

frumentum in annos,

Col. 2, 20, 6: se, to bury one ' s self, Sen. Ep. 8, 1: se in locum, ex quo, etc., to hide one ' s self, Quint. 10, 3, 25:

quod celari opus erat, habebant sepositum et reconditum,

hid away, concealed, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 24; cf.:

nihil tam clausum neque tam reconditum,

id. ib. 2, 4, 20, §

40: recondita alia invenerunt,

Liv. 8, 18:

imo reconditus antro,

Ov. M. 1, 583; cf.

nube,

id. ib. 3, 273:

silvā,

id. ib. 4, 339; Flor. 1, 13, 11 Duk. (cf. Liv. 5, 51, 9 Drak., and v. the foll.).— Poet.: oculos, to close again (opp. erigere), Ov. M. 4, 146: avidā recondidit alvo, hid, i. e. swallowed, id. ib. 12, 17; cf.: cum subito Triton ore recondit aquam, sucks in, i. q. absorbet, Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 16:

ensem in pulmone,

to bury, sheathe, plunge, Verg. A. 10, 387; so,

gladium lateri,

Ov. M. 12, 482. —

Trop.:

mens alia visa sic arripit, ut his statim utatur, alia recondit, e quibus memoria oritur,

lays up, stores away, Cic. Ac. 2, 10, 30; cf.:

verba, vultus in crimen detorquens recondebat,

Tac. A. 1, 7 fin.;

and, odia,

id. ib. 1, 69 fin.:

Venerem interius recondere,

Verg. G. 3, 137:

quos fama obscura recondit,

id. A. 5, 302:

voluptates,

to keep secret, Tac. A. 4, 57:

in hoc me recondidi... ut prodesse pluribus possem,

went into retirement, Sen. Ep. 8, 1; cf.:

penitus quicquid arcani apparo, id Herc. Oet. 478: praecepta mea reconde,

Vulg. Prov. 7, 1.— Hence, rĕcondĭtus, a, um, P. a., put away, out of the way, hidden, concealed, retired, sequestered.

Lit.:

neque tabulis et signis propalam collocatis, sed his omnibus rebus constructis ac reconditis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 161:

quid Aegyptus? ut occulte latet! ut recondita est!

id. Agr. 2, 16, 41; cf.

locus,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 89, § 207; so,

saltus,

Cat. 34, 11:

venae auri argentique,

deep-lying, concealed, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 98:

habemus senatus consultum, verum inclusum in tabulis, tamquam in vaginā reconditum,

id. Cat. 1, 2, 4.— Subst.: rĕcondĭtum, i, n., a secret place, Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 25.— Plur.: rĕ-condĭta, ōrum, n., remote, sequestered places: Pergami in occultis ac reconditis templi, * Caes. B. C. 3, 105, 4.—

Trop., hidden, profound, abstruse, recondite:

litterae,

Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; cf.:

reconditae abstrusaeque res,

id. Brut. 11, 44;

and, reconditiora, opp. quae in promptu sunt,

id. Ac. 2, 4, 10:

artes,

id. de Or. 1, 3, 8; cf. id. Off. 1, 27, 95:

causae,

Tac. Or. 28:

reconditae exquisitaeque sententiae,

profound, recondite, Cic. Brut. 97, 274: verba, unusual, August. ap. Suet. Aug. 86:

(natura) speciem ita formavit oris, ut in eā penitus reconditos mores effingeret,

concealed, hidden, Cic. Leg. 1, 9, 26; cf.:

Quinctius naturā tristi ac reconditā fuit,

of a reserved disposition, id. Quint. 18, 59.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.

rĕ-condo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3, v. a., to put up again, put back again; to lay up, put or stow away, hoard; to shut up, close; to hide, conceal, bury, etc. (cf.: abscondo, occulo, retrudo, abdo).

Lit.:

gladium cruentatum in vaginam recondidit,

put up again, sheathe, Cic. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

gladium in vaginā,

id. Cat. 1, 2, 4; cf. id. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

cum Lepidus flammae vi e rogo ejectus recondi propter ardorem non potuisset,

put back again, Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186: reliquias (ciborum) aliquo, * Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 78; cf.:

uvas in amphoras,

Col. 12, 16, 3:

uvas in vasis,

id. 12, 15 fin.:

victum tectis,

id. ib. prooem. §

12: Caecubum,

Hor. C. 3, 28, 2:

opes aerario,

Quint. 10, 3, 3:

frumentum in annos,

Col. 2, 20, 6: se, to bury one ' s self, Sen. Ep. 8, 1: se in locum, ex quo, etc., to hide one ' s self, Quint. 10, 3, 25:

quod celari opus erat, habebant sepositum et reconditum,

hid away, concealed, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 24; cf.:

nihil tam clausum neque tam reconditum,

id. ib. 2, 4, 20, §

40: recondita alia invenerunt,

Liv. 8, 18:

imo reconditus antro,

Ov. M. 1, 583; cf.

nube,

id. ib. 3, 273:

silvā,

id. ib. 4, 339; Flor. 1, 13, 11 Duk. (cf. Liv. 5, 51, 9 Drak., and v. the foll.).— Poet.: oculos, to close again (opp. erigere), Ov. M. 4, 146: avidā recondidit alvo, hid, i. e. swallowed, id. ib. 12, 17; cf.: cum subito Triton ore recondit aquam, sucks in, i. q. absorbet, Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 16:

ensem in pulmone,

to bury, sheathe, plunge, Verg. A. 10, 387; so,

gladium lateri,

Ov. M. 12, 482. —

Trop.:

mens alia visa sic arripit, ut his statim utatur, alia recondit, e quibus memoria oritur,

lays up, stores away, Cic. Ac. 2, 10, 30; cf.:

verba, vultus in crimen detorquens recondebat,

Tac. A. 1, 7 fin.;

and, odia,

id. ib. 1, 69 fin.:

Venerem interius recondere,

Verg. G. 3, 137:

quos fama obscura recondit,

id. A. 5, 302:

voluptates,

to keep secret, Tac. A. 4, 57:

in hoc me recondidi... ut prodesse pluribus possem,

went into retirement, Sen. Ep. 8, 1; cf.:

penitus quicquid arcani apparo, id Herc. Oet. 478: praecepta mea reconde,

Vulg. Prov. 7, 1.— Hence, rĕcondĭtus, a, um, P. a., put away, out of the way, hidden, concealed, retired, sequestered.

Lit.:

neque tabulis et signis propalam collocatis, sed his omnibus rebus constructis ac reconditis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 161:

quid Aegyptus? ut occulte latet! ut recondita est!

id. Agr. 2, 16, 41; cf.

locus,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 89, § 207; so,

saltus,

Cat. 34, 11:

venae auri argentique,

deep-lying, concealed, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 98:

habemus senatus consultum, verum inclusum in tabulis, tamquam in vaginā reconditum,

id. Cat. 1, 2, 4.— Subst.: rĕcondĭtum, i, n., a secret place, Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 25.— Plur.: rĕ-condĭta, ōrum, n., remote, sequestered places: Pergami in occultis ac reconditis templi, * Caes. B. C. 3, 105, 4.—

Trop., hidden, profound, abstruse, recondite:

litterae,

Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; cf.:

reconditae abstrusaeque res,

id. Brut. 11, 44;

and, reconditiora, opp. quae in promptu sunt,

id. Ac. 2, 4, 10:

artes,

id. de Or. 1, 3, 8; cf. id. Off. 1, 27, 95:

causae,

Tac. Or. 28:

reconditae exquisitaeque sententiae,

profound, recondite, Cic. Brut. 97, 274: verba, unusual, August. ap. Suet. Aug. 86:

(natura) speciem ita formavit oris, ut in eā penitus reconditos mores effingeret,

concealed, hidden, Cic. Leg. 1, 9, 26; cf.:

Quinctius naturā tristi ac reconditā fuit,

of a reserved disposition, id. Quint. 18, 59.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.

ab-do, ĭdi, ĭtum, 3, v. a. [2. do].

Lit., to put away, remove: and abdere se, to go away, betake one's self to some place:

ex conspectu eri sui se abdiderunt,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 5:

pedestres copias paulum ab eo loco abditas in locis superioribus constituunt,

removed, withdrawn, Caes. B. G. 7, 79, 2; so with ab:

ascensu abdito a conspectu,

Liv. 10, 14, 14:

procul ardentes hinc precor abde faces,

remove, Tib. 2, 1, 82.—The terminus ad quem is usually expressed by in with acc.:

abdidit se in intimam Macedoniam quo potuit longissime a castris,

Cic. Fam. 13, 29, 4; so,

se in contrariam partem terrarum,

id. Mur. 41, 89: se in classem, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 2:

se in Menapios,

to depart, Caes. B. G. 6, 5, 5:

In silvam Arduennam,

id. ib. 5, 3, 4:

exercitum in interiora,

to uithdraw, Vell. 2, 110, 3:

ea in insulam Seriphon abdita est (=ex humanā societate quasi expulsa),

banished, exiled, Tac. A. 2, 85:

se in bibliothecam,

i. e. to retire to, Cic. Fam. 7, 28; cf.:

se totum in litteras,

id. ib. 7, 33, 2.—Rarely with other prepositions or with local adv.: Audisne haec, Amphiaraë, sub terram abdite? Poët. (Att.?) ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 60; so with sub, Lucr. 4, 419:

se rus,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 99:

se domum,

Cic. Pis. 38, 92:

se Arpinum,

id. Att. 9, 6, 1.

Transf., to hide, conceal, keep secret, etc. (syn.: occulto, recondo); constr. aliquid, without or with in and abl., with other prepositions, with abl. only, or dat., with a localadv.

Aliquid:

quae partes corporis... aspectum essent deformem habiturae, eas contexit atque abdidit (natura),

Cic. Off. 1, 35, 126:

amici tabellas,

id. Pis. 17, 39:

lacrimas, operire luctum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 6:

abduntur (delphini) occultanturque incognito more,

Plin. H. N. 9, 8, 7, § 22; cf.:

occultare et abdere pavorem,

Tac. H. 1, 88:

pugnare cupiebant, sed retro revocanda et abdenda cupiditas erat,

Liv. 2, 45, 7; so,

sensus suos penitus,

Tac. A. 1, 11:

aliquid dissimulata offensione,

id. ib. 3, 64. —

With in and abl.:

cum se ille fugiens in scalarum tenebris abdidisset,

Cic. Mil. 15, 40; cf.:

qui dispersos homines in agris et in tectis silvestribus abditos... compulit unum in locum,

id. Inr. 1, 2, 2:

abditi in tabernaculis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39, 4; cf.:

in silvis,

id. ib. 9, 19, 6:

penitus qui in ferrost abditus aër,

Lucr. 6, 1037 al. —

With other prepp.:

cultrum, quem sub veste abditum habebat,

Liv. 1, 58 fin.; cf. Ov. M. 10, 715:

ferrum carvo tenus hamo,

id. ib. 4, 719.—

With abl.:

caput cristatā casside,

Ov. M. 8, 25:

corpus corneā domo,

Phaedr. 2, 6, 5:

gladium sinu,

Tac. A. 5, 7:

latet abditus agro,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 5:

hunc (equum) abde domo,

Verg. G. 3, 96:

ita se litteris abdiderunt, at, etc.,

Cic. Arch. 6, 12; v. Halm ad h. l.—

With dat. ( poet.):

lateri capulo tenus abdidit ensem,

he baried, Verg. A. 2, 553.—

With local adv.:

corpus humi,

Flor. 4, 12, 38.—Hence, abditus, a, um, P. a., hidden, concealed, secreted, secret (syn.: reconditus, abscontlitus, occultus, retrusus): sub terram abditi, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 60:

vis abdita quaedum,

Lucr. 5, 1233:

res occultae et penitus abditae,

Cic. N. D. 1, 19:

sunt innumerabiles de his rebus libri neque abditi neque obscuri,

id. de Or. 2, 20, 84: haec esse penitus in mediā philosophiā;

retrusa atque abdita,

id. ib. 1, 19, 87 al.: oppida, remote, Cod. Th. 15, 1, 14. — Comp. abditior, Aug. Conf. 5, 5; 10, 10. —Sup. abditissimus, Aug. Enchir. c. 16. —

In the neutr.: abdĭtum, i, subst.:

terrai abdita,

Lucr. 6, 809; so,

abdita rerum (=abditae res),

Hor. A.P. 49:

in abdito coire,

in concealment, secretly, Plin. 8, 5, 5, § 13. — Adv.: abdĭtē secretly:

latuisse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 73, § 181; Ambros. Job et Dav. 1, 9, 29.

ab-do, ĭdi, ĭtum, 3, v. a. [2. do].

Lit., to put away, remove: and abdere se, to go away, betake one's self to some place:

ex conspectu eri sui se abdiderunt,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 5:

pedestres copias paulum ab eo loco abditas in locis superioribus constituunt,

removed, withdrawn, Caes. B. G. 7, 79, 2; so with ab:

ascensu abdito a conspectu,

Liv. 10, 14, 14:

procul ardentes hinc precor abde faces,

remove, Tib. 2, 1, 82.—The terminus ad quem is usually expressed by in with acc.:

abdidit se in intimam Macedoniam quo potuit longissime a castris,

Cic. Fam. 13, 29, 4; so,

se in contrariam partem terrarum,

id. Mur. 41, 89: se in classem, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 2:

se in Menapios,

to depart, Caes. B. G. 6, 5, 5:

In silvam Arduennam,

id. ib. 5, 3, 4:

exercitum in interiora,

to uithdraw, Vell. 2, 110, 3:

ea in insulam Seriphon abdita est (=ex humanā societate quasi expulsa),

banished, exiled, Tac. A. 2, 85:

se in bibliothecam,

i. e. to retire to, Cic. Fam. 7, 28; cf.:

se totum in litteras,

id. ib. 7, 33, 2.—Rarely with other prepositions or with local adv.: Audisne haec, Amphiaraë, sub terram abdite? Poët. (Att.?) ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 60; so with sub, Lucr. 4, 419:

se rus,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 99:

se domum,

Cic. Pis. 38, 92:

se Arpinum,

id. Att. 9, 6, 1.

Transf., to hide, conceal, keep secret, etc. (syn.: occulto, recondo); constr. aliquid, without or with in and abl., with other prepositions, with abl. only, or dat., with a localadv.

Aliquid:

quae partes corporis... aspectum essent deformem habiturae, eas contexit atque abdidit (natura),

Cic. Off. 1, 35, 126:

amici tabellas,

id. Pis. 17, 39:

lacrimas, operire luctum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 6:

abduntur (delphini) occultanturque incognito more,

Plin. H. N. 9, 8, 7, § 22; cf.:

occultare et abdere pavorem,

Tac. H. 1, 88:

pugnare cupiebant, sed retro revocanda et abdenda cupiditas erat,

Liv. 2, 45, 7; so,

sensus suos penitus,

Tac. A. 1, 11:

aliquid dissimulata offensione,

id. ib. 3, 64. —

With in and abl.:

cum se ille fugiens in scalarum tenebris abdidisset,

Cic. Mil. 15, 40; cf.:

qui dispersos homines in agris et in tectis silvestribus abditos... compulit unum in locum,

id. Inr. 1, 2, 2:

abditi in tabernaculis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39, 4; cf.:

in silvis,

id. ib. 9, 19, 6:

penitus qui in ferrost abditus aër,

Lucr. 6, 1037 al. —

With other prepp.:

cultrum, quem sub veste abditum habebat,

Liv. 1, 58 fin.; cf. Ov. M. 10, 715:

ferrum carvo tenus hamo,

id. ib. 4, 719.—

With abl.:

caput cristatā casside,

Ov. M. 8, 25:

corpus corneā domo,

Phaedr. 2, 6, 5:

gladium sinu,

Tac. A. 5, 7:

latet abditus agro,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 5:

hunc (equum) abde domo,

Verg. G. 3, 96:

ita se litteris abdiderunt, at, etc.,

Cic. Arch. 6, 12; v. Halm ad h. l.—

With dat. ( poet.):

lateri capulo tenus abdidit ensem,

he baried, Verg. A. 2, 553.—

With local adv.:

corpus humi,

Flor. 4, 12, 38.—Hence, abditus, a, um, P. a., hidden, concealed, secreted, secret (syn.: reconditus, abscontlitus, occultus, retrusus): sub terram abditi, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 60:

vis abdita quaedum,

Lucr. 5, 1233:

res occultae et penitus abditae,

Cic. N. D. 1, 19:

sunt innumerabiles de his rebus libri neque abditi neque obscuri,

id. de Or. 2, 20, 84: haec esse penitus in mediā philosophiā;

retrusa atque abdita,

id. ib. 1, 19, 87 al.: oppida, remote, Cod. Th. 15, 1, 14. — Comp. abditior, Aug. Conf. 5, 5; 10, 10. —Sup. abditissimus, Aug. Enchir. c. 16. —

In the neutr.: abdĭtum, i, subst.:

terrai abdita,

Lucr. 6, 809; so,

abdita rerum (=abditae res),

Hor. A.P. 49:

in abdito coire,

in concealment, secretly, Plin. 8, 5, 5, § 13. — Adv.: abdĭtē secretly:

latuisse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 73, § 181; Ambros. Job et Dav. 1, 9, 29.

abs-trūdo, ūsi, ūsum, 3, v. a., to push or thrust away, and hence to conceal (cf. abdo).

Lit.:

aurum,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 13; so ib. 4, 5, 3: id. Curc. 5, 2, 8:

in cerebro colaphos,

to thrust into the brain itself, id. Rud. 4, 3, 68 (cf. a similar passage from Verg. under abdo):

mane me in silvam abstrusi densam,

Cic. Att. 12, 15:

tectum inter et laquearia,

Tac. A. 4, 69.—

Trop.:

in profundo veritatem,

Cic. Ac. 2, 10:

tristitiam,

Tac. A. 3, 6:

metum,

id. ib. 15, 5 al.—Hence, abstrūsus, a, um, P. a., hidden, concealed.

Lit.: corpus abstrusum in flumine, Att. ap. Non. 308, 8 (Trag. Rel. p. 195 Rib.):

insidias,

Cic. Leg. Agr. 2, 49:

terra,

Ov. H. 7, 147:

incendium,

Vell. 2, 130, 4.—With dat.:

serpens abstrusa terrae,

Vell. 2, 129, 4.—

In neutr. absol.:

in abstruso esse,

to be in concealment, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 129; to be unknown, Amm. 17, 7.—

Trop.: dolor reconditus et penitus abstrusus, a concealed and inwardly repressed sorrow, Auct. Or pro Dom. 10:

disputatio paulo abstrusior,

requiring a somewhat deeper investigation, Cic. Ac. 2, 10, 30:

homo abstrusus,

reserved, Tac. A. 1, 24.— Sup. not used.— Adv. comp.: abstrūsĭus, Amm. 28, 1, 49: semet amandarunt, more closely.

abs-trūdo, ūsi, ūsum, 3, v. a., to push or thrust away, and hence to conceal (cf. abdo).

Lit.:

aurum,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 13; so ib. 4, 5, 3: id. Curc. 5, 2, 8:

in cerebro colaphos,

to thrust into the brain itself, id. Rud. 4, 3, 68 (cf. a similar passage from Verg. under abdo):

mane me in silvam abstrusi densam,

Cic. Att. 12, 15:

tectum inter et laquearia,

Tac. A. 4, 69.—

Trop.:

in profundo veritatem,

Cic. Ac. 2, 10:

tristitiam,

Tac. A. 3, 6:

metum,

id. ib. 15, 5 al.—Hence, abstrūsus, a, um, P. a., hidden, concealed.

Lit.: corpus abstrusum in flumine, Att. ap. Non. 308, 8 (Trag. Rel. p. 195 Rib.):

insidias,

Cic. Leg. Agr. 2, 49:

terra,

Ov. H. 7, 147:

incendium,

Vell. 2, 130, 4.—With dat.:

serpens abstrusa terrae,

Vell. 2, 129, 4.—

In neutr. absol.:

in abstruso esse,

to be in concealment, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 129; to be unknown, Amm. 17, 7.—

Trop.: dolor reconditus et penitus abstrusus, a concealed and inwardly repressed sorrow, Auct. Or pro Dom. 10:

disputatio paulo abstrusior,

requiring a somewhat deeper investigation, Cic. Ac. 2, 10, 30:

homo abstrusus,

reserved, Tac. A. 1, 24.— Sup. not used.— Adv. comp.: abstrūsĭus, Amm. 28, 1, 49: semet amandarunt, more closely.