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tegō tēxī, tēctus, ere

TEG-, to cover, cover over : corpus eius suo pallio: bestiae coriis tectae: Mars tunicā tectus adamantinā, H.: (casae) stramentis tectae, Cs.: tectis instructisque scaphis, decked , Cs.: tegeret cum lumina somno, V.: ossa tegebat humus, O.: tegere Damae latus, i. e. walk beside , H.: omnis eum tegebat Turba, i. e. attended , V.To cover, hide, conceal : fugientem silvae texerunt, Cs.: (tabellas) in sinu, O.: latibulis se: nebula texerat inceptum, L.To shelter, protect, defend : tempestas nostros texit, Cs.: latere tecto abscedere, i. e. with a whole skin , T.: tegi magis Romanus quam pugnare, L.: portus ab Africo tegebatur, Cs.—Fig., to cloak, hide, veil, conceal, keep secret, dissemble : triumphi nomine cupiditatem suam: eius flagitia parietibus tegebantur: honestā praescriptione rem turpissimam, Cs.: turpia facta oratione, S.: Commissum, H.: dira Supplicia, V.: Pectoribus dabas multa tegenda meis, O.To defend, protect, guard : consensio inproborum excusatione amicitiae tegenda non est: pericula facile innocentiā tecti repellemus: a patrum suppliciis tegere liberos, L.: patriam parentīsque armis, S.

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