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.
