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nūdo , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. nudus,
I.to make naked or bare; to strip, bare, lay bare, expose to view, uncover (syn.: exuo, detego, revelo).
I. Lit.
B. In partic.
1. In milit. lang., to leave uncovered, leave exposed or defenceless, to expose a place to the enemy: “latera sua,Liv. 1, 27: “murus nudatus defensoribus,Caes. B. G. 2, 6; Liv. 21, 11: “collis nudatus hominibus,Caes. B. G. 7, 44: “neque sibi nudanda litora existimabant,id. B. C. 3, 15: “ne castra nudentur,id. B. G. 7, 70: “praesidiis nudatus,Sall. J. 88, 4; Liv. 30, 2, 5: “terga fugā nudant,Verg. A. 5, 586. —
2. Pregn., to strip, spoil, plunder: “spoliavit nudavitque omnia,Cic. Verr. 1, 5, 14: “agros nudare populando,Liv. 44, 27: “opibus,id. 42, 50: “quem praeceps alea nudat,Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 21: “moveat cornicula risum Furtivis nudata coloribus,id. ib. 1, 3, 19: “nec nuder ab illis,Ov. Tr. 1, 6, 7.—
II. Trop.
B. To lay bare, make visible, expose, betray, disclose: “defectionem,Liv. 35, 32: “nec illi primo statim creati nudare, quid vellent,id. 24, 27: “fama equestris pugnae nudavit voluntates hominum,id. 42, 63: “ne poena ejus consilia adversus Romanos nudaret,id. 40, 24: “animos,id. 33, 21; Hor. S. 2, 5, 47: “ingenium res Adversae nudare solent, celare secundae,id. ib. 2, 8, 74: “alicui amorem,Tib. 4, 7, 2.—
C. To deprive of, strip of: “nudata omnibus rebus tribunicia potestas,Caes. B. C. 1, 7: nudatos opere censorio aut sententiā judicum de ambitu condemnatos restituit, those who had been stripped by the censor of their rights and privileges, Suet. Caes. 41 (al. notatos): “cum tuo exercitusque tui praesidio nudatam Italiam viderint,Liv. 28, 42.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (36):
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 2.6
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    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.5.161
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.5.35
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 1.345
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 10.391
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 1.211
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 5.586
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 12.312
    • Vergil, Georgics, 2.7
    • Horace, Satires, 2.5.47
    • Caesar, Civil War, 1.7
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    • Tacitus, Annales, 6.33
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.86
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 5.1064
    • Suetonius, Divus Julius, 41
    • Cornelius Nepos, Datames, 11.4
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 42, 50
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 28, 33
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 28, 42
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 35, 32
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 42, 63
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 24, 27
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 21, 11
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 33, 21
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 27
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 30, 2.5
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 44, 27
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 40, 24
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 4.33
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 3.81
    • Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, 88
    • Ovid, Tristia, 1.6
    • Ovid, Fasti, 3
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