operiendam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →operio, operire, operui, opertus:
Verb · 4th conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
cover (over); bury; overspread; shut/close; conceal; clothe, cover/hide the head
acc. sg. fut. pass. part.
Examples
Liber IX
Aulus Gellius
"...Venerem iunctos mixtosque iure coniugii, rem lege naturae operiendam, verecunda quadam translatione verborum, cum ostenderet demonstraretque, protexit..."VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...sive omnis in defunctis sensus perit, et ad operiendam foeditatem subtrahendamque dolori materiam mortui viventium causa sepeliuntur..."