operuere
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. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...sola. CH. perii. ME. ubi abiere intro, operuere ostium. CH. hem Clinia haec fieri videbat? ME. quidni? mecum..."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..."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..."