pertego

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

per-tĕgo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to cover all over (ante-class.).

I Lit.: villam, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 35: Odeum navium malis et antemnis e spoliis Persicis pertexit, Vitr. 5, 9 init. (al. pertexuit): locus pertectus, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 1, 18.—

II Trop.: benefacta benefactis pertegito, ne perpluant, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 41.