sŭper-tĕgo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a.,
to cover above , cover over : candidaque ossa super nigra favilla tegit (per tmesin), Tib. 3, 2, 10: vasa congestu culmorum et frondium, Col. 9, 14, 14: aliquid testa, Pall. Mart. 9, 3: me tunicā, Ap. Met. 11, 14, 15; plures frondibus, Just. 43, 4, 6; Veg. Mil. 2, 25.