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aperio.

to uncover, make or lay bare, reveal, clear

6 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[aˈpɛ.ri.oː]Classical-Latin[aˈpɛː.ri.o]
  1. to uncover, make or lay bare, reveal, clear

    conjugation-4
  2. to make visible, discover, show, reveal, lay open

    conjugation-4 · figuratively
  3. to unclose, open, break open

    conjugation-4 · figuratively
  4. to unclose, open, break open to open, set up, establish, begin

    conjugation-4 · figuratively
  5. to open an entrance to, render accessible

    conjugation-4 · figuratively
  6. to disclose something unknown, to unveil, reveal, make known, unfold, prove, demonstrate; (in general) to explain, recount

    conjugation-4 · figuratively
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *apweriō (alternatively reconstructed as Proto-Italic *apwerjō) from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, from”) (whence ab) + *h₂wer- (“to cover, shut”) + *-ye-. Cognate with Sanskrit अपिवृणोति (apivṛṇoti, “to close, cover”), Oscan veru (“door”, pl.), Ancient Greek ἀείρω (aeírō, “to lift, raise”), Lithuanian atvérti (“to open”), Proto-Slavic *ot(ъ)verti (“to open”), and Old Armenian գեր (ger, “above, hyper-”). Related to operiō (“to cover”).

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