dē-tĕgo, xi, ctum, 3
* V. a., to uncover, expose, lay bare (freq. in the Aug. per.).
* Lit.: ventus detexit villam,unroofed,Plaut. Rud. 1, 1, 3: aedem Junonis ad partem dimidiam,Liv. 42, 3: regiam Caci,Verg. A. 8, 241: juga montium detexerat nebula,Liv. 33, 7 et saep.: capite detecto,Suet. Caes. 57; cf. poet. transf. and in Gr. construction: caput puer detectus,Verg. A. 10, 133: faciem,Suet. Ner. 48: corpora,Tac. A. 13, 38: ossa,Suet. Caes. 81; Ov. M. 9, 169 et saep.: ensem strictum vagina,Sil. 13, 168; cf. ferrum,Luc. 3, 128: arma,Suet. Tib. 37: plagam (opp. celare),id. Oth. 11 et saep.: patefacta et detecta corpora, *Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 122.
* In comic transf., to take off, remove: detegetur corium de tergo meo,Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 63: haec illa est tempestas mea, mihi quae modestiam omnem Detexit, tectus qua fui (the figure being taken from buildings),id. Most. 1, 3, 7; cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 60.
* Trop., to discover, disclose, reveal, betray, detect: nimis detegendo cladem nudandoque,Liv. 23, 5: insidias,id. 27, 16: consilium,id. 27, 45: mentem,Quint. 8 prooem. § 20: animi secreta (with proferre mores),id. 11, 1, 30: latentem culpam,Ov. M. 2, 546 et saep.: mores se inter ludendum,Quint. 1, 3, 12: formidine detegi,Tac. H. 1, 81.

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