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dē-nūdo , āvi, ātum, 1,
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.— *
B. Trop.: “ne dum novo et alieno ornatu velis ornare juris civilis scientiam, suo quoque eam concesso et tradito spolies atque denudes,” id. de Or. 1, 55, 235.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 12.15
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.5.31
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 69
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 1.55
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 42, 13
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 44, 38
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.44
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