intĕgŭmentum (noun N) : intego
* A covering.
* Lit.: lanx cum integumentis, quae Jovi adposita fuit,the plate-covers, lids,Liv. 40, 59, 7 Weissenb. (al. lana cum integumentis, i. e. the pillows on which rested the heads of the statues of the gods): ea legio linteata ab integumento consaepti ... appellata est,id. 10, 38, 12: vestis aut pellis,Aur. Vict. Orig. Gent. Rom. 13, 2: integumenta carnalia, Ambros. de Isaac et An. 4, 16.
* Transf
* That which conceals, a covering: frontis,Cic. post Red. in Sen. 7, 15: flagitiorum,id. Cael. 20, 47: dissimulationis,Cic. de Or. 2, 86: ornamenta ejus ingenii per quaedam involucra atque integumenta perspexi,id. ib. 1, 35: nequitia frontis involuta integumentis,id. Pis. 6.
* That which protects, a defence, shelter: corporis alicujus, one's constant attendant, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 2, 19: aetati meae,id. Trin. 2, 2, 32.

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