Retego, retegis, pen. corr. retexi, retectum, retégere. Virg.To discouer or disclose: to open.Animi commenta retegere.Ouid.Consilium retegere. Hor. To disclose, &c.Dies clara reexit damna Pharsalica. Lucan. The day appearing opened to them or made them see, &c.Lucifer retegens diem.Ouid.Insidias retegere. Clau. To disclose the amlushment or treason wrought.Orbem retexit Tiran radijs.Virg.Pectus retegere.Ouid.Suas ferro retegere, Stat.Vultus retegit scisso velamine. Lucan.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
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.