detego

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

dē-tegō ēxī, ēctus, ere,

to uncover, expose, lay bare, unroof: aedem, L.: Caci detecta regia, V.: iuga montium detexerat nebula, L.: caput puer detectus, with bare head, V.: ossa, O.: detecta corpora: arcana profanā manu, O.—Fig., to discover, disclose, reveal, betray, detect: cladem, L.: culpam, O.: detecta omnium mens, Ta.: alqm, Cu.: formidine detegi, to be betrayed, Ta.