obtego Latin · revision 32535

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *(s)teg-e/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈɔp.tɛ.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈɔb.te.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''obtegō''' (present infinitive obtegere, perfect active obtēxī, supine obtēctum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''opt-'';^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) Plautus has ''optigō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ob-|tegō|t2=to cover]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|tegō]] to [[itc-pro|*teg-e/o-|t=to cover]] and [[ine-pro|*(s)teg-e/o-|t=to cover]].^(de Vaan 2008) He compares [[sga|teg|t=house]], [[grc|στέγω|tr=stégō|t=to keep off, keep in]], [[lt|stógas|t=roof]] and [[goh|dah|t=roof]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has it in the old forms ⟨optigō⟩ and ⟨optegō⟩, and asks in the ''Trinummus'' whether someone believes he can cover up his errors this way.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Cato uses it of covering a graft with ox-tongue so that rain does not soak into the bark.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is to cover for protection: Cicero tells of a man who shielded himself with the bodies of his slaves and freedmen.^(OLD 2012) It is also to hide from view, as a constellation is hidden, and to conceal abstract things such as faults.^(OLD 2012) Accius uses it of covering the river Scamander with blood.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein uses it to explain [[occulo|alt=occulō]] and [[occulto|alt=occultō]], verbs of hiding something material, as opposed to [[celo|alt=cēlō]], keeping something secret.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of covering up errors.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato of covering a graft.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius of covering a river with blood.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of shielding oneself with other people.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To cover over for protection; to [[m|en|shield]], defend.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To hide from view, [[m|en|conceal]], screen; to cover up abstract things.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To cover the surface of something, overspread.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tego|alt=tegō]]

+ * [[protego|alt=prōtegō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}