betray Copy link Outline I. To deliver up treacherously or act treacherously towards1. prōdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 32. trādo, 3 (less strong than prodo)II. To disclose (what is intended to be concealed, or is not obvious)1. prōdo, 32. dētĕgo, texi, tectum, 33. ŏlĕo, 2 (lit. to smell of)III. To mislead • betray: I. To deliver up treacherously or act treacherously towards: 1. prōdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3: to b. a fleet to pirates, classem praedonibus p., Cic.: to b. one's country, patriam p., Cic.: to b. one's followers, suos p., Caes. 2. trādo, 3 (less strong than prodo): to b. one's cause to the adversaries, tr. causam adversariis, Ter.: Ov.: those who you hoped would b. (their trust), you see are acting as judges, quos tradituros sperabas, vides judicare, Cic.: v. also to abandon. II. To disclose (what is intended to be concealed, or is not obvious): 1. prōdo, 3: to b. one's crime in one's countenance, crimen vultu p., Ov. 2. dētĕgo, texi, tectum, 3: to b. a plan, consilium d., Liv.: speech b.s the secrets of the soul, oratio animi secreta d., Quint.: v. to disclose. 3. ŏlĕo, 2 (lit. to smell of): to b. the fact (unintentionally) that one is a foreigner, peregrinum o., Cic.: to b. malice, malitiam ol., Cic. III. To mislead: q. v.