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operio.

to cover (over something); envelop

6 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ɔˈpɛ.ri.oː]Classical-Latin[oˈpɛː.ri.o]
  1. to cover (over something); envelop

    conjugation-4
  2. to shut, close; (by extension)

    conjugation-4
  3. to hide, conceal, dissemble

    conjugation-4 · figuratively
  4. to overwhelm, burden

    conjugation-4 · figuratively
  5. to atone for, cover, cause to be forgotten

    conjugation-4 · figuratively
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *opweriō (alternatively reconstructed as *opwerjō), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ópi (“at, near”) (whence ob) + *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-”). See also aperiō.

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