operuit
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. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Menaechmi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...possint quique liceant veneant. iamne abiit intro? abiit, operuit fores. di me quidem omnes adiuvant, augent, amant..."Phormio
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...vidi, mihi.-- {De.} quid istuc negotist? {Ch.} iamne operuit ostium? {De.} iam. {Ch.} o Iuppiter, di nos respiciunt..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...miserunt. At ille, qui plausum ingenii sui noverat, operuit caput extraque templum profugit. Timui ego, ne me poetam..."Liber I
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...tempestas cum magno fragore tonitribusque tam denso regem operuit nimbo ut conspectum eius contioni abstulerit; nec deinde..."