celo

cēlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (contract. form of the gen. plur. part. pass. celatum = celatorum, Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 15 Ritschl N. cr. ) [cf. caligo], to hide something from one, to keep secret, to conceal; constr.,

I.

With a double acc., as in Gr kruptô tina ti; cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 391 (class. in prose and poetry): neque enim id est celare, quicquid reticeas;

sed cum, quod tu scias, id ignorare emolumenti tui causā velis eos, quorum intersit id scire, etc.,

Cic. Off. 3, 13, 57:

te atque alios partum ut celaret suum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 24:

ea ne me celet, consuefeci filium,

id. Ad. 1, 1, 29; id. Hec. 3, 1, 40:

non te celavi sermonem T. Ampii,

Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 3:

iter omnis celat,

Nep. Eum. 8, 7:

ut tegat hoc celetque viros,

Ov. F. 4, 149.—Rare, aliquem de aliquā re:

de armis, de ferro, de insidiis celare te noluit?

Cic. Deiot. 6, 18; id. Fam. 7, 20, 3 (more freq. in pass.: v. the foll.).— Pass.: celor rem, but more freq. celor hoc, illud, etc., something is concealed from me:

nosne hoc celatos tam diu,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 23:

sed tamen indicabo tibi quod mehercule inprimis celatum volebam,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 4.—More freq. celor de re:

non est profecto de illo veneno celata mater,

Cic. Clu. 66, 189:

credo celatum esse Cassium de Sullā uno,

id. Sull. 13, 39:

debes existimare te maximis de rebus a fratre esse celatum,

id. Fam. 5, 2, 9:

quod neque celari Alexandrini possent in apparanda fugā, Auct. B. Alex. 7.— More rare, mihi res celatur: id Alcibiadi diutius celari non potuit,

Nep. Alcib. 5, 2 (al. Alcibiades).—

II.

With one acc.

A.

With acc. of the direct object: aliquid, to conceal, hide, cover; and of persons: aliquem, to hide, conceal one.

1.

Aliquid (so most freq.):

celem tam insperatum gaudium?

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 5:

iras,

id. Hec. 2, 2, 11:

sententiam,

Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 60: crudelia consilia dulci formā, * Cat. 64, 175:

perjuria,

Tib. 1, 9, 3:

factum,

Verg. A. 1, 351:

aurum,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 42:

fontium origines,

id. ib. 4, 14, 45:

sol diem qui Promis et celas,

id. C. S. 10:

manibus uterum,

to conceal by covering, Ov. M. 2, 463:

vultus manibus,

id. ib. 4, 683.—With dat. (locat.) of place:

sacra alia terrae celavimus,

Liv. 5. 5, 1, § 9 Weissenb. ad loc. (al. terrā).— Pass.:

quod celatum est atque occultatum usque adhuc,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 3, 10; cf. id. Trin. 1, 2, 127:

quod turpiter factum celari poterat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 80, 5:

armorum tertia pars celata,

id. ib. 2, 32 fin.:

amor celatus,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 105:

ut celetur consuetio,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 28; so Lucr. 1, 904; 5, 1159; Tib. 1, 2, 34; Prop. 3 (4), 25, 11; Hor. C. 4, 9, 30; Ov. M. 9, 516 et saep.—

2.

Aliquem, to hide, conceal one:

plerosque hi qui receperant, celant,

Caes. B. C. 1, 76:

aliquem silvis,

Verg. A. 10, 417; cf. id. ib. 6, 443:

fugitivum,

Dig. 11, 4, 1:

se tenebris,

Verg. A. 9, 425:

a domino,

Dig. 21, 1, 17 pr.— Pass.:

diu celari (virgo) non potest,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 4; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 20:

celabitur auctor,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 11:

capillamento celatus,

Suet. Calig. 11; cf. id. Dom. 1.—

B.

With acc. of the remote object: celare aliquem (diff. from the preced.), to conceal, hide from one:

Jovis hospitalis numen numquam celare potuisset, homines fortasse celavisset,

Cic. Deiot. 6, 18; so id. Off. 3, 13, 57; Ov. H. 18, 13 al.— Pass.:

celabar, excludebar,

Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 12; id. Fam. 5, 19, 2; id. Q. Fr. 2, 15 (16), 5:

non ego celari possum, quid, etc.,

Tib. 1, 8, 1.—

C.

Absol.:

non est celandum,

Nep. Att. 12, 2:

celatum indagator,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 15.—P. a. as subst.: cēlāta, ōrum, n., secrets:

et celata omnia Paene pessum dedit,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 127.