operio
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi (“at, near”) (whence ob) + Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (“to cover, shut”). Related to aperiō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /oˈpe.ri.oː/, [ɔˈpɛrioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /oˈpe.ri.o/, [oˈpɛːrio]
Verb
operiō (present infinitive operīre, perfect active operuī, supine opertum); fourth conjugation
- I cover (over something); envelop.
- (by extension) I shut, close.
- (figuratively) I hide, conceal, dissemble.
- (figuratively) I overwhelm, burden.
- (figuratively, of a sin) I atone for, cover, cause to be forgotten.
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References
- “operio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “operio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- operio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to uncover one's head: caput aperire (opp. operire)
- to close the eyes of a dying person: oculos operire (morienti)
- (ambiguous) to put the finishing touch to a work: extrema manus accēdit operi (active extremam manum imponere operi)
- to uncover one's head: caput aperire (opp. operire)
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN