conceal Copy link Outline 1. cēlo, 1 (in most senses of the Eng.)2. abdo, condo, rĕcondo, 33. tĕgo, xi, ctum, 3 (to cover4. occŭlo, cŭlŭi, cultum, 3 (= tego, obtego)5. occulto, 1 (prop. a frequent. of occulo, to which it is nearly equiv.)6. obscūro, 1 (to throw a cloud or veil over)7. In Pass.8. dēlītesco, lĭtui, 3 (incept. of preceding) • conceal: 1. cēlo, 1 (in most senses of the Eng.): to c. its source (of a river), fontium c. origines, Hor.: to c. one's opinion, sententiam c., Cic.: c.'d love, amor celatus, Ter.: the person from whom a thing is concealed in acc.: I have not c.'d from you the discourse, non te celavi sermonem, Cic.: the thing c.'d is sometimes expr. by abl. with de, instead of acc.; and the passive is often used: that poisoning business was not c.'d from the mother, non est de illo veneno celata mater, Cic. (N.B. The dat. of the person from whom is of very doubtful authority; at least after the act. voice.) 2. abdo, condo, rĕcondo, 3: v. to hide, secrete. 3. tĕgo, xi, ctum, 3 (to cover: q. v.): to c. anything by a lie, aliquid mendacio t., Cic.: to c. any one's offences, commissa t., Hor.: to c. the greatest prudence under the pretence of folly, summam prudentiam simulatione stultitiae t., Cic. (Simly are used the comp. verbs obtĕgo, contĕgo, with somewhat intens. force: Cic.) 4. occŭlo, cŭlŭi, cultum, 3 (= tego, obtego): to c. wounds, vulnera oc., Cic.: to c. the points of arguments, puncta argumentorum oc., Cic.: Quint. 5. occulto, 1 (prop. a frequent. of occulo, to which it is nearly equiv.): Caes.: Cic. 6. obscūro, 1 (to throw a cloud or veil over): nor can night by its darkness c. the nefarious meetings, neque nox tenebris obs. coetus nefarios potest. Cic. 7. In Pass.: to be c.'d: lăteo, ui, 2: more fully, l. in occulto, Pl.; abdite l., Cic.: (both lit. and fig.). 8. dēlītesco, lĭtui, 3 (incept. of preceding): the enemy c. themselves in the woods, hostes in silvis d., Caes.: Cic.
CONCEAL Copy link • CONCEALabdere (e.g., documents, tabulas): abscondere: recondere (e.g., numos aurumque): occulere. occultare. obscurare (e.g., the greatness of the gain concealed the greatness of the danger, magnitudo lucri obscurabat magnitudinem periculi): abstrudere: dissimulare (e.g., one’s grief, hatred, etc., aegritudinem animi, odium). (the words are found in this connexion and order.) tegere et dissimulare; dissimulare et occultare. celare (one’s opinion, sententiam: one’s anger, iram). [SYN. in HIDE]. Conceal anything from anybody, aliquem aliquid (by no means alicui aliquid: but in the passive one may say celatur mini aliquid; Vid: Oudend., Hirt., B. Alex., 7, 1): to conceal anything somewhere, abdere aliquid in locum or in loco; occultare aliquid loco or in loco (very seldom in locum; Vid: Herzog, Caes., B.G., 7, 85, quite at the end): to conceal anything under anything, abdere aliquid sub aliqua re or intra aliquid (e.g., a knife, a sword under one’s robe, cultrum sub veste, ferrum intra vestem): tegere aliquid aliqua, re (figuratively, to cover with anything, to palliate; e.g., the name of tyrant with his affability, nomen tyranni humanitate sua): to conceal one’s self, delitescere (of persons and things): se abdere in occultum (to conceal one’s self in a lurking-place): occuli: occultari (to be removed or to be out of sight, of things; e.g., of stars, opposed to apparere): to conceal one’s self in any place, delitescere in aliquo loco or in loco; se abdere in locum; se occultare loco or in loco (Vid: above): the wild beasts conceal themselves in their lairs, ferae latibulis se tegunt: to conceal one’s self before anybody, se occultare alicui or a conspectu alicujus: to keep one’s self concealed, abditum latere; in occulto se continere; abditum et inclusum in occulto latere: to be concealed, latere. CONCEALED, occultus (in general): abditus: absconditus: reconditus: (the words are found in this connexion and order), abditus atque reconditus (hidden): clandestinus (clandestine. SYN. in SECRET): incognitus (unknown): to keep one’s self concealed, delitescere: something is not concealed from me, aliquid me non fugit or me non praeterit (aliquid mihi or me non latet, is unclassical).