hide (v.) Copy link Outline I. In ordinary sense1. abdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (to put out of the way)2. condo, 3 (in prose, usu. to put in a place of safety; poet. often = to conceal3. abscondo, di and dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (to put out of the way, in a place of safety4. cēlo, 15. occŭlo, ui, ultum, 3; occulto, 1 (to cover up a thing6. tĕgo, intĕgo, contĕgo, 37. ŏpĕrio, ui, rtum, 4 (rare in this sense, except in p. part.II. To beat (colloq.) • hide (v.): I. In ordinary sense: 1. abdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (to put out of the way): to h. documents, tabulas ab., Cic. in Pis. 17, 39: they hid themselves in the neighbouring woods, sese in proximas silvas abdiderunt, Caes. B. G. 1, 12. Join: contegere atque abdere [partes corporis], Cic. Off. 1, 35, 26. 2. condo, 3 (in prose, usu. to put in a place of safety; poet. often = to conceal: cf. hidden): they h. (themselves) in the belly (of the horse), rursus conduntur in alvo, Virg. Aen. 2, 401: Hor.: Ov.: to h. oneself under the bedclothes, se sub lectum c. (better abscondere, v. infr.), Suet. Cal. 51. So also is used recondo (to h. far back or deep), cf. Ov. M. 1, 139. 3. abscondo, di and dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (to put out of the way, in a place of safety: also, to h. fraudulently): I hid the gold close to the altar, secundum ipsam aram aurum abscondidi, Pl. in Prisc. 10, 24: to try to suppress and h. anything, aliquid opprimere et abs., Cic. R. Am. 41, extr. 4. cēlo, 1: v. to conceal (1). 5. occŭlo, ui, ultum, 3; occulto, 1 (to cover up a thing: whereas abdo, condo, abscondo denote removal to another place): v. to conceal (4, 5). 6. tĕgo, intĕgo, contĕgo, 3: v. to cover (I.). 7. ŏpĕrio, ui, rtum, 4 (rare in this sense, except in p. part.: v. hidden): Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 6. II. To beat (colloq.): lōris ŏpĕrio: Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 28.