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cŏ-ŏpĕrĭo , rŭi, rtum, 4 (contr. form coperiunt, Lucr. 6, 491; cf. Lachm. ap. Lucr. 2, p. 134 sq.),
I.v. a., to cover wholly, to cover, cover over, overwhelm (class.; most freq. in part. perf.).
I. Lit.
(α). Verb finit.: “Cyrsilum quendam lapidibus cooperuerunt,” Cic. Off. 3, 11, 48; so Liv. 4, 50, 5: “tempestas atque tenebrae maria ac terras,” Lucr. 6, 491; 5, 342: “radices,” Plin. 17, 26, 39, § 246: “se multā fronde (vitis),” Col. 5, 6, 36.—
(β). Part. perf.: “coöperta membra pannis,” Lucr. 6, 1269; so Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 66: “corpus telis,” Liv. 8, 10, 10: “Pomptinum omne velut nubibus locustarum,” id. 42, 2, 5; Plin. 19, 7, 36, § 122; Tac. A. 13, 41: “iste lapidibus in foro,” Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 119. —
II. Trop.: fenoribus coöpertus est, overwhelmed, buried in, Cato and Sall. ap. Gell. 2, 17, 7; in part.: “tot, tantis, tam nefariis sceleribus,” Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 9: “flagitiis atque facinoribus,” Sall. C. 23, 1: “miseriis,” id. J. 14, 11: famosis versibus, * Hor. S. 2, 1, 68; cf.: “onerare aliquem maledictis,” Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 122.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.1.119
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.1.9
    • Plautus, Pseudolus, 1.3
    • Horace, Satires, 2.1.68
    • Tacitus, Annales, 13.41
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.134
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 6.1269
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 5.342
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 6.491
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 42, 2
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 8, 10
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 4, 50.5
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 3.11
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 8, 3.66
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 2.17.7
    • Sallust, Catilinae Coniuratio, 23
    • Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, 14
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 5.6.36
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