intego
From LSJ
Ἡ κοιλία καὶ πολλὰ χωρεῖ κὠλίγα → Ut multa venter accipit, sic paucula → Der Bauch fasst wenig, aber ebenso auch viel
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
in-tĕgo: xi, ctum, 3, v. a.,
I to cover: villam, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 13: turres coriis, Caes. B. G. 7, 22: reliqua pars scrobis viminibus ac virgultis integebatur, id. ib. 7, 73: cum prima luce densa nebula saltum camposque intexit, Liv. 26, 17, 12; 27, 3, 3: casside crines, Stat. Th. 4, 303: Clitumnus flumina luco Integit, Prop. 2, 15 (3, 12), 25: statuas auro, Plin. 34, 4, 9, § 15: viam, to arch over, Inscr. ap. Grut. 150, 1.—
II To protect: vidit cum loci altitudine tum vallo etiam integi Romanos, Liv. 7, 23, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.
