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dē-tĕgo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to uncover, expose, lay bare (freq. in the Aug. per.).

  1. I. Lit.: ventus detexit villam, unroofed, Plaut. Rud. 1, 1, 3: aedem Junonis ad partem dimidiam, Liv. 42, 3: regiam Caci, Verg. A. 8, 241: juga montium detexerat nebula, Liv. 33, 7 et saep.: capite detecto, Suet. Caes. 57; cf. poet. transf. and in Gr. construction: caput puer detectus, Verg. A. 10, 133: faciem, Suet. Ner. 48: corpora, Tac. A. 13, 38: ossa, Suet. Caes. 81; Ov. M. 9, 169 et saep.: ensem strictum vagina, Sil. 13, 168; cf. ferrum, Luc. 3, 128: arma, Suet. Tib. 37: plagam (opp. celare), id. Oth. 11 et saep.: patefacta et detecta corpora, *Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 122.
    1. B. In comic transf., to take off, remove: detegetur corium de tergo meo, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 63: haec illa est tempestas mea, mihi quae modestiam omnem Detexit, tectus qua fui (the figure being taken from buildings), id. Most. 1, 3, 7; cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 60.
  2. II. Trop., to discover, disclose, reveal, betray, detect: nimis detegendo cladem nudandoque, Liv. 23, 5: insidias, id. 27, 16: consilium, id. 27, 45: mentem, Quint. 8 prooem. § 20: animi secreta (with proferre mores), id. 11, 1, 30: latentem culpam, Ov. M. 2, 546 et saep.: mores se inter ludendum, Quint. 1, 3, 12: formidine detegi, Tac. H. 1, 81.

dē-texo, xŭi, xtum, 3, v. a., to weave off, to finish or make by weaving, to weave, plait (mostly poet.).

  1. I. Lit.: inter decem annos unam togam, Titin. ap. Non. 406, 19; cf.: ad detexundam telam, Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 7: vestimentum, Dig. 32, 1, 70, § 11.
    Comic.: pallium (qs. to take it from the loom), to steal, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 138: aliquid viminibus mollique junco, Verg. E. 2, 72; cf.: fiscellam vimine junci, Tib. 2, 3, 15.
  2. II. Trop., to explain, describe, complete, finish: (lacteus) non perpetuum detexens conficit orbem, Cic. Arat. 250: te ab summo jam detexam exordio, Poët. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 27, 42; cf.: ante exorsa et potius detexta prope retexantur, Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 158: at modo coeptum detexatur opus, Aus. Edyll. 10, 411.