con-tĕgo, xi, ctum, 3
* V. a., to cover, to cover up or over (freq. and class.).
* In gen.
* Lit., aliquem or aliquid aliquā re: coria centonibus,Caes. B. C. 2, 10; so, locum linteis,Liv. 10, 38, 5: capita scutis, Auct. B. Afr. 47 fin.; cf.: caput glauco amictu,Verg. A. 12, 885: se corbe,Cic. Sest. 38, 82: spoliis contectum juvenis corpus,Liv. 8, 7, 22; cf.: pelle contectus,Suet. Ner. 29: corpus ejus (tumulus),Cic. Arch. 10, 24; cf. thus of burying: eos uno tumulo,Liv. 26, 25, 13; Curt. 7, 9, 21; Val. Fl. 5, 58: humo,Ov. H. 16, 274: corpus Galbae humili sepulturā,Tac. H. 1, 49: in privatis ejus hortis, omnia nebulā,Liv. 40, 22, 4; Suet. Ner. 31.—Rarely with in and abl.: in aliquo ramorum contexu contegi,Tac. G. 46; cf. id. H. 1, 49 supra.
* In partic.
* With the access. idea of preservation (cf. condo), to preserve, keep: cum arma omnia reposita contectaque essent,Caes. B. C. 2, 14.—More freq.
* With the access. idea of concealment, to conceal by covering, to cover, hide, conceal.
* Of corporeal objects: eas partes corporis contexit atque abdidit, etc.,Cic. Off. 1, 35, 126.
* Of abstr. objects: factam injuriam illi miserae,Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 41: libidines fronte et supercilio, non pudore et temperantiā,Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8: aperire et recludere contecta victricium partium vulnera,Tac. H. 2, 77: contegendis quae prima aetas et summa fortuna expeterent,id. A. 13, 13; Cod. Th. 7, 4, 21.

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