- obreptivus
- obreptīvus, a, um, adj. [obrepo], secret, clandestine (post-class.):
supplicatio,
Symm. Ep. 5, 64; Cod. Th. 16, 10, 8.—Hence, adv.: obreptīvē, surreptitiously, clandestinely (post-class.): aut clanculo supplicare, Cod. Th. 16, 1, 4 fin.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.