Latin

Verb

operiō ‎(present infinitive operīre, perfect active operuī, supine opertum); fourth conjugation

1. I cover (over something); envelop.
2. (by extension) I shut, close.
3. (figuratively) I hide, conceal, dissemble.
4. (figuratively) I overwhelm, burden.
5. (figuratively, of a sin) I atone for, cover, cause to be forgotten.

Inflection

Antonyms

• aperiō

Derived terms

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “operio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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)
    
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill