contegere
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. pass. imp. 2ndsg. fut. pass. ind. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
Appendix Perottina
Gaius Phaedrus
"...libenter dare Vulpem rogabat partem caudae simius,contegere honeste posset ut nudas nates;cui sic maligna: "Longior fiat..."Liber XXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...suorum in acie cecidissent eos uno tumulo contegerent, adicerentque humatis titulum: 'hic siti sunt Acarnanes, qui aduersus..."
