praetexis
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. ind. 2nd
Examples
- T
Liber XXXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...infitiari posset honestiorem causam libertatis quam seruitutis praetexi titulo, 'quin mittimus ambages?' inquit P. Sulpicius, qui maximus natu..." - G
Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...intras, tibi maximus honor excubare pro templis, postibusque praetexi. Sic fit, ut dei summum inter homines fastigium servent..."