dē-lĭtesco — Lewis & Short
dē-lĭtesco, tŭi, 3,
I v. inch. n. [latesco], to hide away, conceal one's self; to lie hid, to lurk (class.).
I Lit.:
bestiae in cubilibus delitescunt,Cic. N. D. 2, 49 fin.; cf.: hostes noctu in silvis delituerant, * Caes. B. G. 4, 32, 4:
caelum,Stat. Silv. 3, 1, 71:
in ulva,Verg. A. 2, 136:
sub praesepibus vipera,Verg. G. 3, 417:
silvā,Ov. M. 4, 340; cf.:
privato loco,id. Tr. 3, 1, 80:
sinu ancillae,id. Am. 3, 1, 56 al.:
ut eo mitteret amicos, qui delitescerent, deinde repente prosilirent,Cic. Cael. 25 fin.—Absol.:
delituit mala,Plaut. Rud. 2, 5, 9.—
B Transf., of things:
stella cursum conflcit, vespertinis temporibus delitescendo,Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52.—Of a letter:
ancillae sinu,Ov. Am. 3, 1, 56.—
II Trop., to skulk behind, shelter one's self under:
in alicujus auctoritate delitesceret,Cic. Ac. 2, 5, 15; so,
in ista calumnia,id. Caecin. 21 fin.; cf. ib. 23 fin.:
in dolo malo, id. Tull. § 33: umbrā magni nominis,Quint. 12, 10, 15; id. 10, 5, 10 Zumpt N. cr.