Recludo, reclûdis, pen. prod. reclúsi, reclûsum, pen. prod. reclúdere. Virg.To open.Ensem recludere.Virg.To drawe his sword out of the scabberd.Occulta recludere.Stat.To reneale or open priuie matters.Operta recludere. Hor. To reneale things hid.Ora fontana recludere.Ouid.Portas recludere. Propert. To set the gates wide open.Tellus recluditur dente vnco. Vir. Tellure recludere thesauros.Virg.To digge treasure out of the earth.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
rē-clūdo (-claudo, Coripp. 3 Joann. 118), si, sum, 3, v. a.I. (Acc. to re, II. 1.) To unclose what had been closed, to open, throw or lay open; to disclose, reveal (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn.: resero, aperio, pando): pergam pultare ostium. Heus reclude: heus, Tranio, etiam aperis?Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 28: natus nemo in aedibus servat, neque qui recludat neque respondeat, id. ib. 2, 2, 22; id. Poen. 3, 4, 19; id. Rud. 2, 3, 82; cf. fores, Lucr. 3, 360: aeratas hosti rēcludere portas, Ov. M. 8, 41; cf. id. ib. 7, 647; Tac. A. 14, 44; Prop. 3, 19, 24: ostia, Lucr. 3, 366: portas, Verg. A. 7, 617; 9, 675; Ov. M. 14, 781: viam arcis, id. ib. 14, 776: reclusā Mane domo vigilare, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 103: stabula, Ov. H. 8, 17: adyta, Verg. A. 3, 92: locum, Quint. 7, 2, 44: armarium, Plaut. Capt. 4, 4, 10: pectora pecudum (in augury), Verg. A. 4, 63: specus quaerendis venis argenti, Tac. A. 11, 20: recludit se specus, Sil. 13, 424: humum,
to dig up
, Tac. A. 2, 25; cf.: tellurem dente unco,
to break up
,
till
, Verg. G. 2, 423.— Of the underworld: regna recludat Pallida, Verg. A. 8, 244: non optanda regna, Sil. 13, 523: januam leti, Val. Fl. 4, 231.— Of the grave: aequa tellus Pauperi recluditur, Hor. C. 2, 18, 33: contecta vulnera (with aperire), Tac. H. 2, 77: pectus mucrone, Verg. A. 10, 601; cf.: ense pectus, Hor. Epod. 17, 71; and: ense jugulum, Ov. M. 7, 285: ensem,
to draw
,
unsheathe
, Verg. A. 4, 646; 9, 423: thesauros tellure,
to disclose
,
reveal
, id. ib. 1, 358; id. G. 2, 423; cf. id. ib. 12, 924: (ubi sol) caelum aestivā luce reclusit, id. ib. 4, 52.—Of springs: ora fontana, Ov. F. 1, 269: fontes, Verg. G. 2, 175: psittacus reclusus,
set free
, Stat. S. 2, 4, 32. — B.Trop.: iram, to unclose, let loose, Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 66: subdolus avaritiam ac libidinem occultans: quae postquam pecuniā reclusa sunt, etc., Tac. A. 16, 32; cf.: ebrietas operta recludit, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 16: si recludantur tyrannorum mentes, Tac. A. 6, 6: superas mentes, Sil. 1, 19; cf.: principis justitiam, gravitatem, comitatem, Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 2: virtus recludens immeritis mori Caelum, Hor. C. 3, 2, 21: (Mercurius) Non lenis precibus fata recludere,
to relax
,
obviate the decrees of fate
, id. ib. 1, 24, 17.— II.To shut off or up (postclass. and rare): singulas separatim, Just. 1, 9, 16: ficus a se separatas, Pall. 4, 10, 33: matronas in carcerem, Just. 26, 1, 7; cf. Tert. Idol. 17 fin.: tamquam recluso Jani templo, Amm. 16, 10, 1 (in Flor. 4, 12, 64, dub.): speculum, Stat. S. 3, 4, 93; Vulg. Lev. 13, 4: aliquem in carcerem, id. Num. 15, 34.—B.Trop.: quod cognatis a praetore apertum est, hoc agnatis esse reclusum, Just. Inst. 3, 2, 7: nebulā recludens omnia, Sedul. 5, 390.