cooperio
Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιον ἡ ὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cŏ-ŏpĕrĭo: rŭi, rtum, 4 (contr. form coperiunt, Lucr. 6, 491; cf. Lachm. ap. Lucr. 2, p. 134 sq.),
I v. a., to cover wholly, to cover, cover over, overwhelm (class.; most freq. in part. perf.).
I Lit.
(a) Verb finit.: Cyrsilum quendam lapidibus cooperuerunt, Cic. Off. 3, 11, 48; so Liv. 4, 50, 5: tempestas atque tenebrae maria ac terras, Lucr. 6, 491; 5, 342: radices, Plin. 17, 26, 39, § 246: se multā fronde (vitis), Col. 5, 6, 36.—
(b) Part. perf.: coöperta membra pannis, Lucr. 6, 1269; so Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 66: corpus telis, Liv. 8, 10, 10: Pomptinum omne velut nubibus locustarum, id. 42, 2, 5; Plin. 19, 7, 36, § 122; Tac. A. 13, 41: iste lapidibus in foro, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 119. —
II Trop.: fenoribus coöpertus est, overwhelmed, buried in, Cato and Sall. ap. Gell. 2, 17, 7; in part.: tot, tantis, tam nefariis sceleribus, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 9: flagitiis atque facinoribus, Sall. C. 23, 1: miseriis, id. J. 14, 11: famosis versibus, * Hor. S. 2, 1, 68; cf.: onerare aliquem maledictis, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 122.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cŏŏpĕrĭō,¹² pĕrŭī, pertum, īre, tr., couvrir entièrement : aliquem lapidibus Cic. Off. 3, 48, lapider qqn, cf. Verr. 2, 1, 119 ; coopertus telis Liv. 8, 10, 10, accablé de traits ; omnes... oppida coperuisse [= coop- ] Lucr. 5, 342, que les fleuves ont inondé les villes
