reserved (part. and < Copy link Outline I. Set apartII. Close in disposition1. rĕcondĭtus2. tectus. we can be r. towards strangers, tecti esse ad alienos possumus, Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 116.3. occultus4. abstrūsus5. tăcĭturnus • reserved (part. and adj.): I. Set apart: rĕservātus: v. reserve (v.). Phr.: a r. seat, locus assignatus, after Liv. Epit. 99; certus, Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 44: a r. dowry, recepticia dos, Gai. Dig. 39, 6, 31, § 2. II. Close in disposition: 1. rĕcondĭtus: to be of a melancholy and r. disposition, natura tristi et r. esse, Cic. Quint. 18, 59. 2. tectus. we can be r. towards strangers, tecti esse ad alienos possumus, Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 116. 3. occultus: to beware of r. characters, ab o. cavere hominibus, Liv. 25, 16. Join: o. ac tectus, Cic. Fin. 2, 17, 54. 4. abstrūsus: Tac. A. 1, 24. 5. tăcĭturnus: always sad and r., tristis semper, t., Cic. Sest. 9, 21.