praetexta
See also: prætexta
English
Alternative forms
- prætexta (obsolete)
Etymology
Latin praetexta (toga), from praetextus, past participle of praetexere to weave before, to fringe, border; prae (“before”) + texere (“weave”).
Noun
praetexta (plural praetextas or praetextae)
- (historical, Roman antiquity) A white robe with a purple border, worn by a Roman boy before he was entitled to wear the toga virilis, or until about the completion of his fourteenth year, and by girls until their marriage. It was also worn by magistrates and priests.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for praetexta in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Latin
Participle
praetexta
- nominative feminine singular of praetextus
- nominative neuter plural of praetextus
- accusative neuter plural of praetextus
- vocative feminine singular of praetextus
- vocative neuter plural of praetextus
References
- praetexta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- praetexta in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praetexta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- praetexta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- praetexta in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praetexta in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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