detexisses
Dictionary entries
- Entry →detego, detegere, detexi, detectus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
uncover/disclose/reveal; expose, lay bare; fleece; unsheathe; remove; unroof;
sg. pluperf. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...pectore forti aegida concuteret: subit, hanc arcana profana detexisse manu, tum cum sine matre creatam Lemnicolae stirpem contra..."Dialogus de Oratoribus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...invidia, sed simpliciter et ingenue iudicium animi sui detexisse. An ille Ciceroni invideret, qui mihi videtur ne Caesari..."