operuerant
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
pl. pluperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- P
Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...sola. CH. perii. ME. ubi abiere intro, operuere ostium. CH. hem Clinia haec fieri videbat? ME. quidni? mecum..." - L
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...vili obliverunt luto, deinde [de] stipula aliisque silvestribus operuere fastigium et pluviis per devexa labentibus hiemem transiere securi..." - P
Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...fluminis, postremo moles ruentium et incidentes ripae operuere. quidam turpi fuga in summa arborum nisi ramisque se occultantes..."