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