uncover Copy link Outline 1. dētĕgo, texi, tectum, 32. reclūdo, si, sum, 33. nūdo, 14. ăpĕrio, ui, ertum, 45. rĕvēlo, 16. dēvēlo, 17. discoŏpĕrio, ui, pertum, 48. ostendo, di, sum and tum, 39. pando, di, pansum and passum, 310. u. the body, exsero, ui, sertum, 311. detrăho, xi, ctum, 3 • uncover: 1. dētĕgo, texi, tectum, 3: Pl. Rud. 1, 1, 3. 2. reclūdo, si, sum, 3: Cic. Att. 4, 7. 3. nūdo, 1: u.ing her breasts, nudans ubera, Ov. Met. 10, 391. 4. ăpĕrio, ui, ertum, 4: he u.'d his head, caput aperuit, Cic. Phil. 2, 31, 77. 5. rĕvēlo, 1: Tac. Germ. 31. 6. dēvēlo, 1: Ov. Met. 6, 604. 7. discoŏpĕrio, ui, pertum, 4: Vulg. 2 Sam. vi. 20. 8. ostendo, di, sum and tum, 3: Virg. Georg. 4, 232. 9. pando, di, pansum and passum, 3: to u. nature, pandere naturam, Lucr. 5, 55. 10. u. the body, exsero, ui, sertum, 3: u.s the shoulder, exserit humerum, Ov. Fast. 1, 409. 11. detrăho, xi, ctum, 3: foll. by a word sig. cover: e. g. (1.) ŏpĕrīmentum, Pl. 8, 42, 64. (2.) tĕgŭmentum, Caes. B. G. 2, 21. Phr.: the whole will be u.'d, removebitur omne tegminis officium, Ov. Met. 12, 92: you will u. your side, dabis nudum latus, Tib. 1, 4, 46: v. to discover, to open, to reveal, to show, unfold.
UNCOVER Copy link • UNCOVERdetegere (general term, faciem, caput, etc.). To uncover a roof, detegere domum (general term); tectum nudare tegulis (to take off the tiles): to uncover half a temple, aedem ad partem dimidiam detegere. To uncover one’s self, caput aperire (Cic.); detegere caput; Vid: “Take off one’s HAT. “