I.v. a., to lay bare, make naked, denude.
I. i. q., nudo, to uncover (rare but class.).
A. Lit.: denudatis ossibus, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106: “ne Verres denudetur a pectore, ne cicatrices populus Romanus aspiciat,” Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 13: “capita cum superciliis denudanda tonsori praebuimus,” Petr. 103, 3: “matresfamilias et adultas aetate virgines,” Suet. Aug. 69: “(surculi) medullam,” Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 2: “femur virginis,” Vulg. Judith, 9, 2.—
B. Trop., to disclose, reveal, detect, betray, expose: “denudavit mihi suum consilium,” Liv. 44, 38; cf. id. 42, 13: “multa incidunt quae invitos denudent,” Sen. Tranq. 15: “arcana amici,” Vulg. Sir. 27, 17.—
II. i. q., spolio, to strip, plunder. *
A. Lit.: civibus Romanis crudelissime denudatis ac divenditis, Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 15.— *
