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
- P
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..." - P
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..."