cover (v.) Copy link Outline I. To overspread; lit. and fig.1. tĕgo, xi, ctum., 3 (the most gen. term)2. ŏpĕrio, ui, rtum, 4 (prop. to c. at the top, as a vessel with a lid)3. sterno, with comps. insterno, consterno4. obdūco, xi, ctum, 3 (lit. to draw over as a veil5. obtendo, di, sum, and tum, 3 (to stretch or spread over6. ămĭcio, ĭcui, ictum, 47. vĕlo, 1II. To shelter, protect1. obtĕgo, prōtĕgo, tĕgo2. cingo, nxi, nctum, 3 (to surround3. claudo, si, sum, 3III. To occupy (space)1. obtĭneo, ui, ntum, 22. occŭpo, 1 (usu. stronger than the Eng.; to take possession of)IV. To bear the expense ofV. Of breeding1. ĭneo, 4, irr.2. sŭpervĕnio, 43. ŏnĕro, 1 • cover (v.): I. To overspread; lit. and fig.: often with the additional sense of hiding: 1. tĕgo, xi, ctum., 3 (the most gen. term): to c. a corpse with a mantle, corpus pallio t., Nep.: huts c.'d with straw, casae stramentis tectae, Caes.: Cic. Often = to conceal (involucris t., Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5): q. v. Hence comps. (a). contĕgo, to cover up, cover over: Caes.: Liv.: (b). obtĕgo, to cover over: Cic.: Col.: (c). intĕgo (about = simple verb): Caes.: (d). prōtĕgo, to c. in front: Caes.: esp. in fig. sense: v. to protect, shelter. 2. ŏpĕrio, ui, rtum, 4 (prop. to c. at the top, as a vessel with a lid): he c.s the tops of the jars with gold and silver, summas amphoras auro et argento o., Nep.: to c. a patient with clothes, aegrum multa veste o. (stronger than tegere or its comps.), Cels. Hence (a). cŏŏpĕrio, to c. up completely (most freq. in p. part.): Cic.: Liv.: esp. fig.: c.'d with infamy, coopertus sceleribus, Cic.: Sall.: (b.) ădŏpĕrio (not to be distinguished from simple verb: chiefly used in p. part.): Liv.: Ov. 3. sterno, with comps. insterno, consterno: v. to strew, spread. 4. obdūco, xi, ctum, 3 (lit. to draw over as a veil: hence sometimes with dat. of things c.'d, and acc. of that drawn over it: but in present sense more freq. with acc. and abl.): trees are c.'d with bark, obducuntur libro trunci, Cic.: who also has operimento obduci, to be c.'d with a covering: Leg. 2, 22, 56: Virg.: Plin. 5. obtendo, di, sum, and tum, 3 (to stretch or spread over: same constr. as preceding; but most freq. with dat. and acc.): the eyes are c.'d with a transparent membrane, oculis membrana translucida obtenditur, Plin. Fig.: characters are c.'d (concealed) as it were with a veil, quasi velis quibusdam obtenditur uniuscujusque natura, Cic. 6. ămĭcio, ĭcui, ictum, 4: v. to mantle, clothe. 7. vĕlo, 1: v. hide, veil. Phr.: to c. the head, caput obnubere, Cic.: Liv. (formula of old law): moss-c.'d rocks, musco circumlita saxa, Hor.: God c.s (the future) with gloomy night, caliginosa nocte premit deus, id.: to c. (overcast) heaven with gloomy clouds, atra nube polum occupare (but of gradual covering, obducere: v. supr.): Hor.: everything (was) c.'d with snow, omnia nive oppleta (sunt), Liv.: c.'d with mud, oblĭtus coeno, Cic.: places c.'d with underwood, loca virgultis obsita, Liv. (v. overgrown): c.'d with wounds, multis vulneribus confossus, concisus or (if mortal ones) confectus: v. wound to be c.'d with infamy, infamia flagrare, dedecore cumulatum esse, Cic.: flagrare rumore malo (less strong), Hor.: c.'d with honours, cumulatus honoribus, Tac.: (to return home) c.'d with glory, cum maxima gloria, Liv.: see also covered. II. To shelter, protect: 1. obtĕgo, prōtĕgo, tĕgo: v. to protect. 2. cingo, nxi, nctum, 3 (to surround: q. v.): to c. one's rear with a strong body of troops, ultimum agmen valida manu c., Curt.: his flank was c.'d by cavalry, equitatus latera cingebat, Caes. 3. claudo, si, sum, 3: the soldiers of the fifth legion c.'d the right (of the march), dextrum quintani clausere, Tac.: to c. the baggage on the flanks, a lateribus impedimenta c., Veg.: also used in the sense of to cut off retreat, shut in: hence more fully, agmen cl. et novissimis praesidio esse, Caes. Phr.: he c.s his flank with a barricade, latera concaedibus munit, Tac.: the rear was c.'d by the twentieth legion, vicesima legio terga firmavit, id.: the army ought to be c.'d on all sides, undique debent praeparata esse subsidia, Veg. 3, 6 (see the passage). III. To occupy (space): 1. obtĭneo, ui, ntum, 2: to c. nine acres, novem jugera ob., Lucr.: to c. the fields with broad shade (of a tree), agros longis ob. umbris, Plin.: Curt. 2. occŭpo, 1 (usu. stronger than the Eng.; to take possession of): to c. with hewn stone, caementis oc., Hor.: v. supr. (I.) phr. Phr.: to c. a great deal of ground in fighting (in proportion to numbers), raros magnisque intervallis proeliari, Caes.: Liv. IV. To bear the expense of: Phr.: to c. the expense of anything, dare pecuniam in sumptum, Ter.: to c. their own expenses (by their service), sumptum (suum) exsarcire, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 91 (al. exercere): damnum resarcire (when damage has been sustained), Suet.: Col.: this sum of money will not c. the expense of the building, *minor est haec pecunia quam pro aedificii sumptu s. impensis. V. Of breeding: 1. ĭneo, 4, irr.: Varr.: Plin. 2. sŭpervĕnio, 4: Varr.: Plin. 3. ŏnĕro, 1: Pall.