praetexit
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. 3rd
Examples
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Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...furtivum Dido meditatur amorem: coniugium vocat, hoc praetexit nomine culpam. Extemplo Libyae magnas it Fama per urbes, Fama..." - P
Ecloga VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...potum uenient per prata iuuenci; hic uiridis tenera praetexit harundine ripas Mincius, eque sacra resonant examina quercu." Quid..." - P
Liber III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...tardis ingens ubi flexibus errat Mincius et tenera praetexit harundine ripas. in medio mihi Caesar erit templumque tenebit..."