ŏpercŭlum (noun N) : operio
* A cover, covering, lid (class.): quibus operibantur operimenta et pallia opercula dixerunt,Varr. L. L. 5, § 167 Müll.: aspera arteria tegitur quasi quodam operculo,Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136; Col. 8, 8, 7: sorba in urceolos picatos adicito et opercula picata imponito,id. 12, 16, 4: ambulatorium,a movable cover,Plin. 21, 14, 47, § 80.—Prov.: patellae dignum operculum,like to like,Hier. Ep. 1, 7; cf. id. ib. 127 (16), n. 9.—Of the covering of walls, wainscoting, panel-work: OPERCVLA ABIEGNIA IMPONITO, Lex Puteol. Grut. 207, col. 2.

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