ăd-ŏpĕrĭo — Lewis & Short
ăd-ŏpĕrĭo, ĕrŭi, ertum, 4, v. a.,
I to cover up or over (not used before the Aug. per., and gen. in the part. perf. pass.):
capite adoperto,Liv. 1, 26; id. Epit. 89, and Suet. Ner. 48:
purpureo adopertus amictu,Verg. A. 3, 405:
tempora adoperta cucullo,Juv. 8, 145:
adopertam floribus humum,Ov. M. 15, 688; cf. id. ib. 8, 701:
hiems gelu,id. F. 3, 235:
aether nubibus,id. ib. 2, 75:
lumina somno,id. M. 1, 714:
tenebris mors,Tib. 1, 1, 70:
foribus adopertis,with closed doors, Suet. Oth. 11.—In the verb. finit.:
Quidam prius tuto sale sex horis (ova) adoperiunt,Col. 8, 6: pellem setis adoperuit, Lact. Op. Dei, 7.—Hence, ădŏpertē, adv., v. the foll. art.