Though Propertius here deprecates his beloved’s indulgence inside sartorial luxury (cf The latest verb tego, with a primary feeling of ‘conceal’ (Old s.v. tego step 1), appear to form ‘clothe’ (Dated s.v. tego step 3) and clearly includes that it resonance in their pointed juxtaposition with nudasse, off nudo, ‘generate naked, divest’ (Old s.v. nudo…