rĕ-tĕgo — Lewis & Short
rĕ-tĕgo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a.
I To uncover, bare, open (not freq. till after the Aug. period; syn.: nudo, exuo).
A Lit.:
thecam nummariam,Cic. Att. 4, 7, 2:
(area) retecta,unroofed, Varr. R. R. 1, 51, 2:
vultus scisso velamine,Luc. 8, 669:
caput pallio,Petr. 17, 3: caput, Caes. ap. Plin. Ep. 3, 12, 13:
jugulum simul pectusque,Ov. M. 13, 459:
pedes,Suet. Aug. 78:
dentes,Pers. 3, 101:
ensem,Luc. 9, 830:
sacra,to throw open, make accessible, Prop. 5, 9, 26:
solum hiatu,to open, Ov. M. 5, 357 (with patere): homo retectus, i. e. deprived of his shield, Verg. A. 12, 374:
retexit se umbo,Sil. 9, 109:
terram retexit anima tua,Vulg. Ecclus. 47, 16.— Poet.:
ubi Titan radiis retexerit orbem,i. e. shall make visible, show, reveal, Verg. A. 4, 119; 5, 65:
retegente diem Lucifero,Ov. M. 8, 1: rebus luce retectis. Verg. A. 9, 461.—
B Trop., to disclose, discover, reveal:
caecum domūs scelus omne retexit,Verg. A. 1, 356:
arcanum consilium,Hor. C. 3, 21, 16:
occulta conjurationis,Tac. A. 15, 74:
timidi commenta animi,Ov. M. 13, 38:
responsa deūm Trojanaque fata,id. ib. 13, 336:
Pharsalica damna (clara dies),Luc. 7, 787:
insidias,Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 215.— *
II To cover again:
plagam paleato luto,Pall. Nov. 7, 5.