operio

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

operiō (operībat, Pr.), uī, ertus, īre

2 PAR-, to cover, cover over : capite operto esse: fons fluctu totus operiretur, nisi: novis Minyeïdas alis, O.: amphoras auro, N.: reliquias pugnae, bury , Ta.: ad necem operiere loris, i. e. lashed soundly , T.— To shut, close : ostium, T.: opertā lecticā: scrobibus opertis, filled in , O.—Fig., to hide, conceal, dissemble : hoc, T.— To overwhelm, burden : iudicia operta dedecore.

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