The corpus record — Latin

revelo

revelo · v. a

to unveil

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Where it lives

Adversus Marcionem 43 · 5.19/10k
De Praescriptionibus Hereticorum 4 · 4.81/10k
De Carnis Resurrectione 10 · 4.41/10k
De Corona 2 · 4.11/10k
Galba 1 · 3.63/10k
Adversus Praxean 4 · 2.71/10k
De Scorpiace 2 · 2.51/10k
De Paenitentia 1 · 2.45/10k
De Oratione 1 · 2.23/10k
De Fuga in Persecutione 1 · 1.88/10k
de Origine et Situ Germanorum Liber 1 · 1.81/10k
Adversus Hermogenem 2 · 1.8/10k

Densest 12 of 30 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

rĕ-vēlo — Lewis & Short

rĕ-vēlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,

I to unveil, uncover, lay bare (not ante-Aug.; syn.: patefacio, aperio, nudo, retego).

I Lit.: caput (opp. involvere), Suet. Galb. 7: frontem, Tac. G. 31: os, Ov. F. 6, 619: pectus, Flor. 4, 2, 71: carpenta (opp. contegere), App. M. 10, p. 247: sacra, Ov. H. 11, 73. —

II Trop., to disclose, reveal: fraudes (with detegere), App. M. 9, p. 229: omnia (tempus), Tert. Apol. 7 fin.: justitiam et salutem Domini cunctis gentibus, Hier. in Isa. 15, 56, 2; Vulg. Psa. 28, 9; id. Matt. 10, 26 et saep.: Ulixes Eumaeo, quis sit, revelat. Aus. Per. Od. 21.

Where it came from

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