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
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..."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..."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..."