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Latin
Etymology
From dē- + tegō (“cover, hide”).
Pronunciation
Verb
dētegō (present infinitive dētegere, perfect active dētēxī, supine dētēctum); third conjugation
- (literally) to uncover, take off
- to reveal, disclose, detect, expose
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- “detego”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “detego”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- detego in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.