Definition of tego
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Orthography ID = 1016274
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LEM
tegō, tegere, tēxī, tēctus
TEG-
verb (3rd conjugation)
  1. to cover, cover over
  2. to cover, hide, conceal
  3. to shelter, protect, defend
  4. [figuratively] to cloak, hide, veil, conceal, keep secret, dissemble
  5. to defend, protect, guard
Abbreviations
tegō tēxī, tēctus, ere TEG-, to cover, cover over: corpus eius suo pallio: bestiae coriis tectae: Mars tunicā tectus adamantinā, H.: (casae) stramentis tectae, Cs.: tectis instructisque scaphis, decked, Cs.: tegeret cum lumina somno, V.: ossa tegebat humus, O.: tegere Damae latus, i. e. walk beside, H.: omnis eum tegebat Turba, i. e. attended, V.

—To cover, hide, conceal: fugientem silvae texerunt, Cs.: (tabellas) in sinu, O.: latibulis se: nebula texerat inceptum, L.

—To shelter, protect, defend: tempestas nostros texit, Cs.: latere tecto abscedere, i. e. with a whole skin, T.: tegi magis Romanus quam pugnare, L.: portus ab Africo tegebatur, Cs.

—Fig., to cloak, hide, veil, conceal, keep secret, dissemble: triumphi nomine cupiditatem suam: eius flagitia parietibus tegebantur: honestā praescriptione rem turpissimam, Cs.: turpia facta oratione, S.: Commissum, H.: dira Supplicia, V.: Pectoribus dabas multa tegenda meis, O.

—To defend, protect, guard: consensio inproborum excusatione amicitiae tegenda non est: pericula facile innocentiā tecti repellemus: a patrum suppliciis tegere liberos, L.: patriam parentīsque armis, S.
 
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