προκαλύπτω: Difference between revisions
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οὐκ ἔστι σιγᾶν αἰσχρόν, ἀλλ' εἰκῆ λαλεῖν → keeping silence is not shameful; speaking at random is (Menander)
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English (LSJ)
A hang before or put over as a covering, παραπετάσματα Aen.Tact.32.9:—Med., put over oneself as a screen or cloak, πέπλων . . προὐκαλύπτετ' εὐπήνους ὑφάς (nisi leg. προὐκάλυπτεν) E.IT 312; οὐ προκαλυπτομένα [τι] παρηΐδος putting no veil over one's face, Id.Ph.1485 (lyr.): metaph., π. ποίησιν Pl.Prt.316d; π. δόξαν μετριότητος Chio Ep.15.1:—pf. Med., πρὸ τῆς ψυχῆς . . ὅλον τὸ σῶμα προκεκαλυμμένοι having it put as a screen, Pl.Grg.523d. II cover over, ἥλιον νεφέλη π. X.An.3.4.8 (ἥλιος νεφέλην π. codd.):—Med., προὐκαλύψατ' ὄμματα veiled her eyes, E.Med.1147:—Pass., to be covered, X.Cyr.5.4.45.