LAT

Lewis Short

(verb) : rĕ-tĕgo, xi, ctum, 3
* To uncover, bare, open (not freq. till after the Aug. period; syn.: nudo, exuo).
* Lit.: thecam nummariam,Cic. Att. 4, 7, 2: (area) retecta,unroofed,Varr. R. R. 1, 51, 2: vultus scisso velamine,Luc. 8, 669: caput pallio,Petr. 17, 3: caput, Caes. ap. Plin. Ep. 3, 12, 13: jugulum simul pectusque,Ov. M. 13, 459: pedes,Suet. Aug. 78: dentes,Pers. 3, 101: ensem,Luc. 9, 830: sacra,to throw open, make accessible,Prop. 5, 9, 26: solum hiatu,to open,Ov. M. 5, 357 (with patere): homo retectus, i. e. deprived of his shield, Verg. A. 12, 374: retexit se umbo,Sil. 9, 109: terram retexit anima tua,Vulg. Ecclus. 47, 16.— Poet.: ubi Titan radiis retexerit orbem,i. e. shall make visible, show, reveal,Verg. A. 4, 119; 5, 65: retegente diem Lucifero,Ov. M. 8, 1: rebus luce retectis. Verg. A. 9, 461.
* To cover again: plagam paleato luto,Pall. Nov. 7, 5.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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