παρακαλύπτω

A. cover by hanging something beside, cloak, disguise, τῇ μέθῃ τὴν διάνοιαν Plu. Demetr. 52:—Med., cover one's face, Pl. R. 439e, Plu. Alc. 34; πρὸς τὸ δεινόν Id. Pomp. 60 (Act. in same sense, Id. Per. 35): metaph., παρακαλυπτομένου τοῦ λόγου veiling itself, Pl. R. 503a, cf. Plu. 2.370f; π. τὴν ἀλήθειαν Ph. 2.196; set aside, ignore, τὸν θεόν ib.189.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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