revelo

rĕ-vēlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to unveil, uncover, lay bare (not ante-Aug.; syn.: patefacio, aperio, nudo, retego).

I.

Lit.:

caput (opp. involvere),

Suet. Galb. 7:

frontem,

Tac. G. 31:

os,

Ov. F. 6, 619:

pectus,

Flor. 4, 2, 71:

carpenta (opp. contegere),

App. M. 10, p. 247:

sacra,

Ov. H. 11, 73. —

II.

Trop., to disclose, reveal:

fraudes (with detegere),

App. M. 9, p. 229:

omnia (tempus),

Tert. Apol. 7 fin.:

justitiam et salutem Domini cunctis gentibus,

Hier. in Isa. 15, 56, 2; Vulg. Psa. 28, 9; id. Matt. 10, 26 et saep.: Ulixes Eumaeo, quis sit, revelat. Aus. Per. Od. 21.