(v. a.adv.) : ăd-ŏpĕrĭo, ĕrŭi, ertum, 4, v. a.
* To cover up or over (not used before the Aug. per., and gen. in the part. perf. pass.): capite adoperto,Liv. 1, 26; id. Epit. 89, and Suet. Ner. 48: purpureo adopertus amictu,Verg. A. 3, 405: tempora adoperta cucullo,Juv. 8, 145: adopertam floribus humum,Ov. M. 15, 688; cf. id. ib. 8, 701: hiems gelu,id. F. 3, 235: aether nubibus,id. ib. 2, 75: lumina somno,id. M. 1, 714: tenebris mors,Tib. 1, 1, 70: foribus adopertis,with closed doors,Suet. Oth. 11.—In the verb. finit.: Quidam prius tuto sale sex horis (ova) adoperiunt,Col. 8, 6: pellem setis adoperuit, Lact. Op. Dei, 7.—Hence, ădŏpertē, adv., v.the foll. art.

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