dē-tĕgo — Lewis & Short
dē-tĕgo, xi, ctum, 3,
I v. a., to uncover, expose, lay bare (freq. in the Aug. per.).
I Lit.:
ventus detexit villam,unroofed, Plaut. Rud. 1, 1, 3:
aedem Junonis ad partem dimidiam,Liv. 42, 3:
regiam Caci,Verg. A. 8, 241:
juga montium detexerat nebula,Liv. 33, 7 et saep.:
capite detecto,Suet. Caes. 57; cf. poet. transf. and in Gr. construction:
caput puer detectus,Verg. A. 10, 133:
faciem,Suet. Ner. 48:
corpora,Tac. A. 13, 38:
ossa,Suet. Caes. 81; Ov. M. 9, 169 et saep.:
ensem strictum vagina,Sil. 13, 168; cf.
ferrum,Luc. 3, 128:
arma,Suet. Tib. 37:
plagam (opp. celare),id. Oth. 11 et saep.: patefacta et detecta corpora, *Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 122.—
B In comic transf., to take off, remove:
detegetur corium de tergo meo,Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 63:
haec illa est tempestas mea, mihi quae modestiam omnem Detexit, tectus qua fui (the figure being taken from buildings),id. Most. 1, 3, 7; cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 60.—
II Trop., to discover, disclose, reveal, betray, detect:
nimis detegendo cladem nudandoque,Liv. 23, 5:
insidias,id. 27, 16:
consilium,id. 27, 45:
mentem,Quint. 8 prooem. § 20:
animi secreta (with proferre mores),id. 11, 1, 30:
latentem culpam,Ov. M. 2, 546 et saep.:
mores se inter ludendum,Quint. 1, 3, 12:
formidine detegi,Tac. H. 1, 81.