Dictionary formaperio, aperire, aperui, apertum
Translation
to open; to uncover, reveal
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Examples
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He opened the door.
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They refused to open the city gates.
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The road was opened to everyone.
pugnaverunt.
They fought in the open field.
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He disclosed his plan to us.
Aperio, aperire, aperui, apertum, fourth conjugation. The participle does most of the heavy lifting: apertus, "open, uncovered, and of a person frank", and the standing phrase in aperto, "in the open".
Its opposite is operio, "cover over", and the two sit on the same root with ap- and op- in front, so a moment's inattention flips your sentence. Both senses of aperio run together without any sense of metaphor - it opens a door and it discloses a secret, and Latin does not feel a shift between them. The family gives English aperture, aperitif (the drink that opens the meal), and through Old French ouvrir, overt and overture.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 7, lesson 10: aperio, mandatum, nobilis and 7 more words.