pertego

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

per-tĕgo: xi, ctum, 3, v. a.,
I to cover all over (ante-class.).
I Lit.: villam, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 35: Odeum navium malis et antemnis e spoliis Persicis pertexit, Vitr. 5, 9 init. (al. pertexuit): locus pertectus, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 1, 18.—
II Trop.: benefacta benefactis pertegito, ne perpluant, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 41.