praetexe
Dictionary entries
- Entry →praetexo, praetexere, praetexui, praetextus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
weave in front, fringe; cloak (with); pretend;; border; adorn; D:tragedy;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...inmineant? nullum flumen cuius non ripas aedificia vestra praetexant? Ubicumque scatebunt aquarum calentium venae, ibi nova deversoria luxuriae..."
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...prohibes, hic necte moras dextrisque profundum alitibus praetexe diem.' sic fatus et alto membra locat scopulo; tunc plura..."