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praetextos

Dictionary entries

  • praetextus, praetexta, praetextum:

    Adjective · 1st declension

    Frequency:
    Lesser

    = bordered; wearing a toga ~; [toga ~ => high magistrate's purple bordered toga];

    Entry →
    acc. pl. (m.)
  • praetexo, praetexere, praetexui, praetextus:

    Verb · 3rd conjugation

    Frequency:
    Lesser

    = weave in front, fringe; cloak (with); pretend;; border; adorn; D:tragedy;

    Entry →
    acc. pl. perf. pass. part.

Examples

  • P

    Liber III

    Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE

    "...vocato senatu deliguntur legati ad exercitus ut praetexto rei publicae concordiam pacemque suaderent. varia legatorum sors fuit..."
  • P

    Liber II

    Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE

    "...Cremonam, pars Hostiliam petere iussae: ipse Ravennam devertit praetexto classem adloquendi; mox Patavii secretum componendae proditionis quaesitum. namque..."
  • P

    Liber I

    Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE

    "...erat grande momentum in nomine urbis ac praetexto senatus, et occupaverat animos prior auditus. Iudaicum exercitum Vespasianus, Syriae..."

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