LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verb

per-tĕgo

Meaning

  1. to cover all over

per-tĕgo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a.,
I. to cover all over (ante-class.).
I. Lit.: villam, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 35: Odeum navium malis et antemnis e spoliis Persicis pertexit, Vitr. 5, 9 init. (al. pertexuit): locus pertectus, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 1, 18.—
II. Trop.: benefacta benefactis pertegito, ne perpluant, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 41.

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What does per-tĕgo mean in Latin?
per-tĕgo, a verb, means “to cover all over”.