adaperio
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ad- (“near, at; towards, to”) + aperiō (“uncover; open”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.daˈpe.ri.oː/, [äd̪äˈpɛrioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.daˈpe.ri.o/, [äd̪äˈpɛːrio]
Verb[edit]
adaperiō (present infinitive adaperīre, perfect active adaperuī, supine adapertum); fourth conjugation
- to open fully, throw open
- Synonyms: aperiō, patefaciō
- Antonyms: operiō, claudō, inclūdō, interclūdō, arceō, obserō, intersaepiō
- (figuratively) to uncover, bare; reveal, expose
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References[edit]
- “adaperio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “adaperio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- adaperio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.