contegat
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;
sg. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...receptaculum suum conferatur, ignis illud ~excludat~ an terra contegat an ferae distrahant, non magis ad se iudicat pertinere..."
Liber Quintus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...dividat umbras ossaque nec tumulo nec separe contegat urna, sed simul, ut iunctis venistis in aequora fatis.' haud..."Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...cara suorum diripiat laceretque senem nec membra sepulchro contegat. haec noster de rege piacula sanguis sumat..."Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...condor. ex oculis removete manus. sine munere vestro contegat inductus morientia lumina cortex!" desierant simul ora loqui, simul..."