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
Liber XXXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...infitiari posset honestiorem causam libertatis quam seruitutis praetexi titulo, 'quin mittimus ambages?' inquit P. Sulpicius, qui maximus natu..."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..."