contexier
Dictionary entries
- Entry →contexo, contexere, contexui, contextus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
weave/entwine/braid/twist together; compose/connect/link/combine; make/join/form
pres. pass. infin.
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...confuderit. <. . .> Itaque pensatis vicibus animosior, verberum notas arte contexi, ne aut Eumolpus contumelia mea hilarior fieret aut tristior..."Liber III
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...charta adhuc superest, et dies feriatus patitur plura contexi. Addam quod opportune de eodem Macedone succurrit..."