(v. a.P. a.) : abs-condo, condi and condĭdi, condĭtum and consum, 3, v. a. (abscondi, Tac. H. 3, 68; Curt. 6, 6; Gell. 17, 9; Caecil. and Pompon. ap. Non. 75, 25:
* Abscondidi,Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 25; Sil. 8, 192: absconsum,Quint. Decl. 17, 15), to put away, conceal carefully, hide, secrete (the access. idea of a careful concealment distinguishes this word from its synn. abdo, celo, abstrudo, etc.).
* Lit.: est quiddam, quod occultatur, quod quo studiosius ab istis opprimitur et absconditur, eo magis eminet et apparet,Cic. Rosc. Am. 41 fin.: nequiquam (eam) abdidi, abscondidi, abstrusam habebam,Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 25: aurum secundum aram, Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 890 P.: fontes absconditi, Auct. ad Her. 4, 6, 9: ensem in vulnere,to bury,Sen. Thyest. 721 (cf.: lateri abdidit ensem,Verg. A. 2, 553; v. abdo, II. ε); so, abscondit in aëre telum,i. e. shot it out of sight,Sil. 1, 316.—Pass., of stars, to set, and thus become invisible, Verg. G. 1, 221.—Hence
* In gen., to make invisible, to cover: fluvium et campos caede,Sil. 11, 522; so id. 17, 49.
* Trop.: fugam furto,to conceal flight,Verg. A. 4, 337: praenavigavimus vitam, et quemadmodum in mari, sic in hoc cursu rapidissimi temporis, primum pueritiam abscondimus, deinde adulescentiam, leave behind, outlive (cf. the prec., C.), Sen. Ep. 70, 2; Tac. A. 13, 16.— Hence, abscondĭtus, a, um, P. a., hidden, concealed, secret, unknown: gladii absconditi,Cic. Phil. 2, 108: in tam absconditis insidiis,id. Cat. 3, 1, 3: jus pontificum,id. Dom. 54, 138.—Adv.
* Abscondĭtē, of discourse.
* Obscurely, abstrusely, Cic. Inv. 2, 23.
* Profoundly, Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 2.
* Absconsē (from absconsus), secretly, Hyg. Fab. 184; Firm. Math. 2, 2.

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