contectus
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;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber VII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...duces summosque hominum te, Magne, remoto. 585illic plebeia contectus casside uoltusignotusque hosti quod ferrum, Brute, tenebas!o decus..."Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...placet. Libycas, en, nobile corpus,pascit aues nullo contectus Curio busto. 810at tibi nos, quando non proderit ista..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...dixi, Giton vestem deposuit, meaque tunica contectus exeruit ad osculum caput. Et ne sic cohaerentes malignior fluctus distraheret..."
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...steterit redimitus tempora vittis Phrixus et iniustas contectus nubibus aras fugerit Inoo linquens Athamanta Learcho; aureus ut iuvenem..."Liber X
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...castris locus est consaeptus cratibus pluteisque et linteis contectus, patens ducentos maxime pedes in omnes pariter partes..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...augurali per occulta et vigilibus ignara, comite uno, contectus umeros ferina pelle, adit castrorum vias, adsistit tabernaculis fruiturque..."