LAT
protego
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Lewis Short
(verb) : prō-tĕgo, xi, ctum, 3
* To cover before or in front, to cover over, cover, protect (class.; syn.: defendo, tutor).
* Lit.: tabernacula protecta hederā,Caes. B. C. 3, 96: rates cratibus ac pluteis,id. ib. 1, 25fin.: aedes,to furnish with a projecting roof,Cic. Top. 4, 24: hunc scutis protegunt hostes,to cover, protect,Caes. B. G. 5, 43: se umbone,Just. 33, 2, 4: caput contra solem,Plin. 31, 11, 47, § 131: scutis protecti corpora longis,Verg. A. 8, 662: protegendi corporis memor,Liv. 2, 6.
* In partic., to put up a shed, penthouse, or projecting roof (jurid. Lat.): hic in suo protexit,Dig. 9, 2, 29: jus proiciendi protegendive,ib. 8, 2, 1.
* Trop.
* To cover or shield from danger, to defend, protect (rare and class.): jacentem et spoliatum defendo et protego,Cic. Sull. 18, 50: ad protegendum regem,Liv. 42, 15: viros optimos,Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 36; Tac. A. 1, 13 fin.: aliquem adversus criminantes,id. H. 2, 60: causam,Juv. 11, 32: Dominus exercituum proteget eos,Vulg. Zach. 9, 15.
* Transf., to ward off, keep off: hiemes,Stat. S. 3, 1, 121.
* To cover up, screen, conceal (very rare): nequitiam supercilio truci,Vell. 2, 100, 5: risu protectis insidiis,Just. 38, 1, 9: parricidii immunitatem metu majore,Quint. Decl. 8, 1.
* To cover before or in front, to cover over, cover, protect (class.; syn.: defendo, tutor).
* Lit.: tabernacula protecta hederā,Caes. B. C. 3, 96: rates cratibus ac pluteis,id. ib. 1, 25fin.: aedes,to furnish with a projecting roof,Cic. Top. 4, 24: hunc scutis protegunt hostes,to cover, protect,Caes. B. G. 5, 43: se umbone,Just. 33, 2, 4: caput contra solem,Plin. 31, 11, 47, § 131: scutis protecti corpora longis,Verg. A. 8, 662: protegendi corporis memor,Liv. 2, 6.
* In partic., to put up a shed, penthouse, or projecting roof (jurid. Lat.): hic in suo protexit,Dig. 9, 2, 29: jus proiciendi protegendive,ib. 8, 2, 1.
* Trop.
* To cover or shield from danger, to defend, protect (rare and class.): jacentem et spoliatum defendo et protego,Cic. Sull. 18, 50: ad protegendum regem,Liv. 42, 15: viros optimos,Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 36; Tac. A. 1, 13 fin.: aliquem adversus criminantes,id. H. 2, 60: causam,Juv. 11, 32: Dominus exercituum proteget eos,Vulg. Zach. 9, 15.
* Transf., to ward off, keep off: hiemes,Stat. S. 3, 1, 121.
* To cover up, screen, conceal (very rare): nequitiam supercilio truci,Vell. 2, 100, 5: risu protectis insidiis,Just. 38, 1, 9: parricidii immunitatem metu majore,Quint. Decl. 8, 1.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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