(v. a.P. a.) : cēlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (contract. form of the
* Gen. plur. part. pass. celatum = celatorum, Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 15 Ritschl N. cr.) [cf. caligo], to hide something from one, to keep secret, to conceal; constr.
* With a double acc., as in Gr κρύπτω τινά τι; cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 391 (class. in prose and poetry): neque enim id est celare, quicquid reticeas; sed cum, quod tu scias, id ignorare emolumenti tui causā velis eos, quorum intersit id scire, etc.,Cic. Off. 3, 13, 57: te atque alios partum ut celaret suum,Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 24: ea ne me celet, consuefeci filium,id. Ad. 1, 1, 29; id. Hec. 3, 1, 40: non te celavi sermonem T. Ampii,Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 3: iter omnis celat,Nep. Eum. 8, 7: ut tegat hoc celetque viros,Ov. F. 4, 149.—Rare, aliquem de aliquā re: de armis, de ferro, de insidiis celare te noluit?Cic. Deiot. 6, 18; id. Fam. 7, 20, 3 (more freq. in pass.: v.the foll.).—Pass.: celor rem, but more freq. celor hoc, illud, etc., something is concealed from me: nosne hoc celatos tam diu,Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 23: sed tamen indicabo tibi quod mehercule inprimis celatum volebam,Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 4.—More freq. celor de re: non est profecto de illo veneno celata mater,Cic. Clu. 66, 189: credo celatum esse Cassium de Sullā uno,id. Sull. 13, 39: debes existimare te maximis de rebus a fratre esse celatum,id. Fam. 5, 2, 9: quod neque celari Alexandrini possent in apparanda fugā, Auct. B. Alex. 7.— More rare, mihi res celatur: id Alcibiadi diutius celari non potuit,Nep. Alcib. 5, 2 (al. Alcibiades).
* With one acc.
* With acc. of the direct object: aliquid, to conceal, hide, cover; and of persons: aliquem, to hide, conceal one.
* Aliquid (so most freq.): celem tam insperatum gaudium?Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 5: iras,id. Hec. 2, 2, 11: sententiam,Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 60: crudelia consilia dulci formā, * Cat. 64, 175: perjuria,Tib. 1, 9, 3: factum,Verg. A. 1, 351: aurum,Hor. C. 3, 3, 42: fontium origines,id. ib. 4, 14, 45: sol diem qui Promis et celas,id. C. S. 10: manibus uterum,to conceal by covering,Ov. M. 2, 463: vultus manibus,id. ib. 4, 683.—With dat. (locat.) of place: sacra alia terrae celavimus,Liv. 5. 5, 1, § 9 Weissenb. ad loc. (al. terrā).— Pass.: quod celatum est atque occultatum usque adhuc,Plaut. Aul. 2, 3, 10; cf. id. Trin. 1, 2, 127: quod turpiter factum celari poterat,Caes. B. G. 7, 80, 5: armorum tertia pars celata,id. ib. 2, 32 fin.: amor celatus,Ter. And. 1, 1, 105: ut celetur consuetio,Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 28; so Lucr. 1, 904; 5, 1159; Tib. 1, 2, 34; Prop. 3 (4), 25, 11; Hor. C. 4, 9, 30; Ov. M. 9, 516 et saep.
* With acc. of the remote object: celare aliquem (diff. from the preced.), to conceal, hide from one: Jovis hospitalis numen numquam celare potuisset, homines fortasse celavisset,Cic. Deiot. 6, 18; so id. Off. 3, 13, 57; Ov. H. 18, 13 al.—Pass.: celabar, excludebar,Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 12; id. Fam. 5, 19, 2; id. Q. Fr. 2, 15 (16), 5: non ego celari possum, quid, etc.,Tib. 1, 8, 1.
* Absol.: non est celandum,Nep. Att. 12, 2: celatum indagator,Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 15.—P. a. as subst.: cēlāta, ōrum, n., secrets: et celata omnia Paene pessum dedit,Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 127.

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