contexti
Dictionary entries
- Entry →contextus, contexta, contextum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
interwoven; closely joined; connected, coherent (literary composition);; continuous, uninterrupted, unbroken; covered with a network (of rivers);
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.) - Entry →contego, contegere, contexi, contectus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
cover up, conceal, hide; protect; clothe; roof over; bury/entomb; strew thickly;
sg. perf. act. ind. 2nd - 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
gen. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →contextus, contextus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
weaving (action), joining/putting together; connection, coherence; continuity;; ordered scheme, plan/course; structure/fabric; series, complex/whole of parts;; context;
gen. sg. - —
Syncopated perfect sometimes drops the 'is' after 's' or 'x'
Examples
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...struunt plurimumque a uero recedunt. Numquam enim nisi contexti per unitatem corporis nisus est, cum partes consentire..."Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...ordine. Eius observatio in verbis est singulis et contextis (singula sunt quae asyndeta diximus). In his cavendum..."
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...dextra Iovis Terrorque Pavorque, Martis equi. sic contextis umbonibus urgent caeruleo veluti cum Iuppiter agmine nubem constituit. certant..."de Bello Africo
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...reliqui ex vestimentis tentoriolis factis atque harundinibus storiisque contextis permanebant. Itaque subito imbre grandineque consecuta gravatis pondere tentoriis..."
