- praetego
- prae-tĕgo, texi, tectum, 3, v. a., to cover over, to shelter, protect ( poet. and in postAug. prose):
cavo praetegit aere caput (al. protegit),
Prop. 3, 12 (4, 13), 12:quae somnium (tuum) saxa praetexerint,
i. e. the rocks that sheltered your repose, Plin. Pan. 15:praetecto capite,
Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 5, 112.— Trop.:vitia sua capillis et pallio, et (quod maximum est velamentum) divitiis praetegebat,
Lact. 5, 2.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.