clam

I 2 CAL-, adv.and praep.

I I. Adv, secretly, privately, covertly, in secret : Si sperat fore clam, will not be found out , T.: tum id clam, he kept it a secret , T.: vel vi, vel clam, vel precario, by fraud , T.: Sychaeum Clam ferro superat, stealthily , V.: cui te commisit alendum Clam, O.—

II II. Praep, without the knowledge of, unknown to .—With abl: clam vobis salutem fugā petivit, Cs.—With acc.(old): clam evenire patrem, T.: Neque adeo clam me est quam, etc., nor am I ignorant , T.: Non clam me haberet, etc., conceal from me , T.

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