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.
BETRAY Copy link • BETRAYto enemies), prodere, tradere. Leave in the lurch, destituere. Reveal, disclose, prodere (as, crimen, vultu, conscios, furem); enuntiare (as, commissa; to one, alicui); deferre aliquid or de aliqua re (as an informer; to one, ad aliquem): proferre (as, secreta animi, consilia). To betray one’s self, se prodere. Your voice betrays you, te voce noscito, te ex voce cognosco. To be the mark of, esse (with genitive). It betrays a dull brain to, etc., est tardi ingenii (with infinitive). To lead away, aliquem in or ad aliquam rem inducere, illicere, pellicere.