praetexo
Latin
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /prae̯ˈtek.soː/, [präe̯ˈt̪ɛks̠oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /preˈtek.so/, [preˈt̪ɛkso]
Verb
editpraetexō (present infinitive praetexere, perfect active praetexuī, supine praetextum); third conjugation
- to fringe, edge, border (weaving)
- to place before or in front
- to adorn
- (figuratively) to cover, conceal, hide, disguise
- to pretend
Conjugation
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “praetexo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praetexo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praetexo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to make something an excuse, pretext: praetendere, praetexere aliquid
- (ambiguous) to make something an excuse, pretext: praetendere, praetexere aliquid