praetexerer
Dictionary entries
- Entry →praetexo, praetexere, praetexui, praetextus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
weave in front, fringe; cloak (with); pretend;; border; adorn; D:tragedy;
sg. imperf. pass. subj. 1st
Examples
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...vincula solvere monstrat prima pedum glaucasque comis praetexere frondes imperat, hinc alte Phoebi surgentis ad orbem ferre manus..."
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...scopulos ultra atque audacia saxaPyramidum, et magno tumulum praetexere luco! 50illic et Siculi superassem dona sepulcriet Nemees lucum..."- P
Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...pallor simul occupat ora. non tamen Anna novis praetexere funera sacris germanam credit, nec tantos mente furores concipit..."