operit
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
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber X
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...totaque effusus in aulacalcabatur onyx; hebenus Mareotica uastosnon operit postes sed stat pro robore uili,auxilium non forma..."Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Austro; qui super ingentis cumulos inuoluit harenae atque operit tellure uiros. uix tollere miles membra ualet multo congestu..."Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...passa ruit, tum flumine toto 275transit et ignotos operit sibi gurgite campos:illos terra fugit dominos, his rura..."Hannibal
Cornelius Nepos
"...capit tale consilium. Amphoras complures complet plumbo, summas operit auro et argento. Has praesentibus principibus deponit in templo..."Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...lacrimans exclusus amator limina saepe floribus et sertis operit postisque superbos unguit amaracino et foribus miser oscula figit..."Satura IV
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...impleuitque sinus; neque enim minor haeserat illis quos operit glacies Maeotica ruptaque tandem solibus effundit torrentis ad ostia..."Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...haurit, gentes totas regionesque submergit et modo ruinis operit, modo in altam uoraginem condit ac ne id quidem..."Truculentus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...salva, gaudeo. PHRON. Concedite hinc vos intro atque operite ostium. tu nunc superstes solus sermoni meo es. tibi..."