contecti
Dictionary entries
- Entry →contego, contegere, contexi, contectus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
cover up, conceal, hide; protect; clothe; roof over; bury/entomb; strew thickly;
gen. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber XV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...sunt. et pereuntibus addita ludibria, ut ferarum tergis contecti laniatu canum interirent aut crucibus adfixi [aut flammandi atque..."Liber XII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...parvis liberis coniunx cuncta lamentatione complebat. diversis et contectis vehiculis abduntur, dum Pharasmanis iussa exquirerentur. illi cupido regni..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...casus elapsi, quidam servili habitu, alii fide clientium contecti et inter sarcinas abditi. fuere qui excepto Vitellianorum signo..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...illis veteribus et priscis; quibus imperatorium nomen addebant contecti caedibus campi et infecta victoriis maria. Accipimus obsides ergo..."