LAT
operio
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Lewis Short
(v. a.P. a.) : ŏpĕrĭo, ŭi, ertum, 4 (archaic
* Fut. operibo: ego operibo caput, Pompon. ap. Non. 507, 33; imperf. operibat, Prop. 4, 12, 35), v. a. pario, whence the opp. aperio, to uncover; cf. paro, to cover, cover over any thing (class.; syn.: tego, velo, induo).
* Lit.
* Operire capita, Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 34; cf.: capite operto esse,Cic. Sen. 10, 34: operiri umerum cum toto jugulo,Quint. 11, 3, 141; id. praef. § 24.—Esp., of clothing: aeger multā veste operiendus est,Cels. 3, 7 fin.; so in Vulg. Isa. 58, 7; id. Ezech. 18, 7 et saep.: fons fluctu totus operiretur, nisi,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 118: summas amphoras auro et argento,Nep. Hann. 9, 3: mons nubibus,Ov. P. 4, 5, 5: (rhombos) quos operit glacies Maeotica,Juv. 4, 42.—Comically: aliquem loris, to cover over, i. e. to lash soundly, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 28: reliquias malae pugnae,i. e. to bury,Tac. A. 15, 28: operiet eos formido,Vulg. Ezech. 7, 18; id. Jer. 3, 25.
* Trop.
* To hide, conceal, keep from observation, dissemble: quo pacto hoc operiam?Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 6 Bentl. (al. aperiam): non in oratione operiendā sunt quaedam,Quint. 2, 13, 12: quotiens dictu deformia operit,id. 8, 6, 59; cf. id. 5, 12, 18: luctum,Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 6: domestica mala tristitia,Tac. A. 3, 18.
* To overwhelm, burden, as with shame, etc. (only in part. perf. pass.): contumeliis opertus,loaded, overwhelmed,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 111; cf.: judicia operta dedecore et infamiā,id. Clu. 22, 61: infamiā,Tac. H. 3, 69.
* Of sin, to atone for, cover, cause to be forgotten (eccl. Lat.): qui converti fecerit peccatorem, operiet multitudinem peccatorum,Vulg. Jac. 5, 20; id. 1 Pet. 4, 8.—ŏpertus, a, um, P. a., hidden, concealed (class.): operta quae fuere, aperta sunt,Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 9: res,Cic. Fin. 2, 2, 5: operta bella,Verg. G. 1, 465: cineres,Hor. C. 2, 8, 9: hamum,id. S. 1, 16, 50.—As subst.: ŏpertum, i, n., a secret place or thing, a secret; an ambiguous answer, dark oracle, etc.: Apollinis operta,the dark, ambiguous oracles,Cic. Div. 1, 50, 115: telluris operta subire,the depths,Verg. A. 6, 140: opertum Bonae Deae, the secret place or secret service, Cic. Par. 4, 2, 32: litterarum,a secret,Gell. 17, 9, 22.—Adv.: ŏpertē, covertly, figuratively (post-class.): operte et symbolice,Gell. 4, 11, 10.
* Fut. operibo: ego operibo caput, Pompon. ap. Non. 507, 33; imperf. operibat, Prop. 4, 12, 35), v. a. pario, whence the opp. aperio, to uncover; cf. paro, to cover, cover over any thing (class.; syn.: tego, velo, induo).
* Lit.
* Operire capita, Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 34; cf.: capite operto esse,Cic. Sen. 10, 34: operiri umerum cum toto jugulo,Quint. 11, 3, 141; id. praef. § 24.—Esp., of clothing: aeger multā veste operiendus est,Cels. 3, 7 fin.; so in Vulg. Isa. 58, 7; id. Ezech. 18, 7 et saep.: fons fluctu totus operiretur, nisi,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 118: summas amphoras auro et argento,Nep. Hann. 9, 3: mons nubibus,Ov. P. 4, 5, 5: (rhombos) quos operit glacies Maeotica,Juv. 4, 42.—Comically: aliquem loris, to cover over, i. e. to lash soundly, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 28: reliquias malae pugnae,i. e. to bury,Tac. A. 15, 28: operiet eos formido,Vulg. Ezech. 7, 18; id. Jer. 3, 25.
* Trop.
* To hide, conceal, keep from observation, dissemble: quo pacto hoc operiam?Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 6 Bentl. (al. aperiam): non in oratione operiendā sunt quaedam,Quint. 2, 13, 12: quotiens dictu deformia operit,id. 8, 6, 59; cf. id. 5, 12, 18: luctum,Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 6: domestica mala tristitia,Tac. A. 3, 18.
* To overwhelm, burden, as with shame, etc. (only in part. perf. pass.): contumeliis opertus,loaded, overwhelmed,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 111; cf.: judicia operta dedecore et infamiā,id. Clu. 22, 61: infamiā,Tac. H. 3, 69.
* Of sin, to atone for, cover, cause to be forgotten (eccl. Lat.): qui converti fecerit peccatorem, operiet multitudinem peccatorum,Vulg. Jac. 5, 20; id. 1 Pet. 4, 8.—ŏpertus, a, um, P. a., hidden, concealed (class.): operta quae fuere, aperta sunt,Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 9: res,Cic. Fin. 2, 2, 5: operta bella,Verg. G. 1, 465: cineres,Hor. C. 2, 8, 9: hamum,id. S. 1, 16, 50.—As subst.: ŏpertum, i, n., a secret place or thing, a secret; an ambiguous answer, dark oracle, etc.: Apollinis operta,the dark, ambiguous oracles,Cic. Div. 1, 50, 115: telluris operta subire,the depths,Verg. A. 6, 140: opertum Bonae Deae, the secret place or secret service, Cic. Par. 4, 2, 32: litterarum,a secret,Gell. 17, 9, 22.—Adv.: ŏpertē, covertly, figuratively (post-class.): operte et symbolice,Gell. 4, 11, 10.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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