rē^-clūdo — Lewis & Short
rē^-clūdo (-claudo, Coripp. 3 Joann. 118), si, sum, 3, v. a.
I (Acc. to re, II. 1.) To unclose what had been closed, to open, throw or lay open; to disclose, reveal (poet. and in post-Aug. prose;
syn.: resero, aperio, pando): pergam pultare ostium. Heus reclude: heus, Tranio, etiam aperis?Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 28:
natus nemo in aedibus servat, neque qui recludat neque respondeat,id. ib. 2, 2, 22; id. Poen. 3, 4, 19; id. Rud. 2, 3, 82; cf.
fores,Lucr. 3, 360:
aeratas hosti rēcludere portas,Ov. M. 8, 41; cf. id. ib. 7, 647; Tac. A. 14, 44; Prop. 3, 19, 24:
ostia,Lucr. 3, 366:
portas,Verg. A. 7, 617; 9, 675; Ov. M. 14, 781:
viam arcis,id. ib. 14, 776:
reclusā Mane domo vigilare,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 103:
stabula,Ov. H. 8, 17:
adyta,Verg. A. 3, 92:
locum,Quint. 7, 2, 44:
armarium,Plaut. Capt. 4, 4, 10:
pectora pecudum (in augury),Verg. A. 4, 63:
specus quaerendis venis argenti,Tac. A. 11, 20:
recludit se specus,Sil. 13, 424:
humum,to dig up, Tac. A. 2, 25; cf.:
tellurem dente unco,to break up, till, Verg. G. 2, 423.—
Of the underworld: regna recludat Pallida,Verg. A. 8, 244:
non optanda regna,Sil. 13, 523:
januam leti,Val. Fl. 4, 231.— Of the grave: aequa tellus Pauperi recluditur, Hor. C. 2, 18, 33:
contecta vulnera (with aperire),Tac. H. 2, 77:
pectus mucrone,Verg. A. 10, 601; cf.:
ense pectus,Hor. Epod. 17, 71; and:
ense jugulum,Ov. M. 7, 285:
ensem,to draw, unsheathe, Verg. A. 4, 646; 9, 423:
thesauros tellure,to disclose, reveal, id. ib. 1, 358; id. G. 2, 423; cf. id. ib. 12, 924:
(ubi sol) caelum aestivā luce reclusit,id. ib. 4, 52.—Of springs:
ora fontana,Ov. F. 1, 269:
fontes,Verg. G. 2, 175:
psittacus reclusus,set free, Stat. S. 2, 4, 32. —
B Trop.: iram, to unclose, let loose, Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 66:
subdolus avaritiam ac libidinem occultans: quae postquam pecuniā reclusa sunt, etc.,Tac. A. 16, 32; cf.:
ebrietas operta recludit,Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 16:
si recludantur tyrannorum mentes,Tac. A. 6, 6:
superas mentes,Sil. 1, 19; cf.:
principis justitiam, gravitatem, comitatem,Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 2:
virtus recludens immeritis mori Caelum,Hor. C. 3, 2, 21:
(Mercurius) Non lenis precibus fata recludere,to relax, obviate the decrees of fate, id. ib. 1, 24, 17.—
II To shut off or up (postclass. and rare):
singulas separatim,Just. 1, 9, 16:
ficus a se separatas,Pall. 4, 10, 33:
matronas in carcerem,Just. 26, 1, 7; cf. Tert. Idol. 17 fin.:
tamquam recluso Jani templo,Amm. 16, 10, 1 (in Flor. 4, 12, 64, dub.):
speculum,Stat. S. 3, 4, 93; Vulg. Lev. 13, 4:
aliquem in carcerem,id. Num. 15, 34.—
B Trop.:
quod cognatis a praetore apertum est, hoc agnatis esse reclusum,Just. Inst. 3, 2, 7:
nebulā recludens omnia,Sedul. 5, 390.