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ăd-ăpĕrĭo , ui, ertum, 4, v. a. ad, intens.,
I.to open fully, to open, throw open (not in Cic.): “adorti adapertas fores portae,Liv. 25, 30, 10 Drak. (cf. aperire forīs, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 13); so Suet. Ner. 12; Curt. 9, 7, 24; Ov. Am. 1, 5, 3; 3, 12, 12.—
II. Transf., to uncover, to bare: “caput,Sen. Ep. 64; Val. Max. 5, 2, 9: “caelum,to make visible, Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 130: “adaperta fides,manifest, Stat. Th. 1, 396: aures ad criminationem adapertae, open to, ready to hear, Curt. 9, 7, 24.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Suetonius, Nero, 12
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 25, 30
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 64
    • Statius, Thebias, 1
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 9.7.24
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 5.2.9
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