opertus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of operiō.

Participle

opertus (feminine operta, neuter opertum); first/second-declension participle

  1. covered, having been covered; enveloped, having been enveloped
  2. shut, having been shut; closed, having been closed
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.485–486:
      fāna tamen veterēs illīs clausēre diēbus,
      ut nunc fērālī tempore operta vidēs
      The temples, however, the ancients shut on these days, as now you see [them] closed at the time of Feralia.
      (See: Lemuria (festival); Feralia.)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative opertus operta opertum opertī opertae operta
genitive opertī opertae opertī opertōrum opertārum opertōrum
dative opertō opertae opertō opertīs
accusative opertum opertam opertum opertōs opertās operta
ablative opertō opertā opertō opertīs
vocative operte operta opertum opertī opertae operta

Antonyms

References

  • “opertus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “opertus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • opertus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • bare-headed: capite aperto (opp. operto)
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