I.v. a., to uncover, expose, lay bare (freq. in the Aug. per.).
I. Lit.: “ventus detexit villam,” unroofed, Plaut. Rud. 1, 1, 3: “aedem Junonis ad partem dimidiam,” Liv. 42, 3: “regiam Caci,” Verg. A. 8, 241: “juga montium detexerat nebula,” Liv. 33, 7 et saep.: “capite detecto,” Suet. Caes. 57; cf. poet. transf. and in Gr. construction: “caput puer detectus,” Verg. A. 10, 133: “faciem,” Suet. Ner. 48: “corpora,” Tac. A. 13, 38: “ossa,” Suet. Caes. 81; Ov. M. 9, 169 et saep.: “ensem strictum vagina,” Sil. 13, 168; cf. “ferrum,” Luc. 3, 128: “arma,” Suet. Tib. 37: “plagam (opp. celare),” id. Oth. 11 et saep.: patefacta et detecta corpora, *Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 122.—
B. In comic transf., to take off, remove: “detegetur corium de tergo meo,” Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 63: “haec illa est tempestas mea, mihi quae modestiam omnem Detexit, tectus qua fui (the figure being taken from buildings),” id. Most. 1, 3, 7; cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 60.—
II. Trop., to discover, disclose, reveal, betray, detect: “nimis detegendo cladem nudandoque,” Liv. 23, 5: “insidias,” id. 27, 16: “consilium,” id. 27, 45: “mentem,” Quint. 8 prooem. § 20:“ animi secreta (with proferre mores),” id. 11, 1, 30: “latentem culpam,” Ov. M. 2, 546 et saep.: “mores se inter ludendum,” Quint. 1, 3, 12: “formidine detegi,” Tac. H. 1, 81.
