contecto
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;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.abl. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...parum procederet consuli res, cuniculum occultum uineis ante contecto loco agere instituit; et aliquamdiu, cum dies noctesque..."Liber X
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...religione animum posset, tum in loco circa omni contecto arae in medio victimaeque circa caesae et circumstantes centuriones..."