praetexo

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?

Proto-Italic *prai

Proto-Italic *prai-

Latin prae-

Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-seti

Proto-Indo-European *téḱseti

Proto-Italic *teksō?

Latin texō

Latin praetexō

From prae- + texō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [prae̯ˈtɛk.soː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [preˈtɛk.so]

Verb

praetexō (present infinitive praetexere, perfect active praetexuī, supine praetextum); third conjugation

1. to fringe, edge, border (weaving)
2. to place before or in front
3. to adorn
4. (figuratively) to cover, conceal, hide, disguise
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.172:

     Coniugium vocat, hoc praetexit nōmine culpam.

     [Dido] calls [it] marriage, [and] with this name she hides her blame.

5. to pretend

Conjugation

   Conjugation of praetexō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	praetexō		praetexis		praetexit		praeteximus		praetexitis		praetexunt
	imperfect	praetexēbam		praetexēbās		praetexēbat		praetexēbāmus		praetexēbātis		praetexēbant
	future	praetexam		praetexēs		praetexet		praetexēmus		praetexētis		praetexent
	perfect	praetexuī		praetexuistī		praetexuit		praetexuimus		praetexuistis		praetexuērunt, praetexuēre
	pluperfect	praetexueram		praetexuerās		praetexuerat		praetexuerāmus		praetexuerātis		praetexuerant
	future perfect	praetexuerō		praetexueris		praetexuerit		praetexuerimus		praetexueritis		praetexuerint
passive	present	praetexor		praetexeris, praetexere		praetexitur		praeteximur		praeteximinī		praetexuntur
	imperfect	praetexēbar		praetexēbāris, praetexēbāre		praetexēbātur		praetexēbāmur		praetexēbāminī		praetexēbantur
	future	praetexar		praetexēris, praetexēre		praetexētur		praetexēmur		praetexēminī		praetexentur
	perfect	praetextus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	praetextus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	praetextus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	praetexam		praetexās		praetexat		praetexāmus		praetexātis		praetexant
	imperfect	praetexerem		praetexerēs		praetexeret		praetexerēmus		praetexerētis		praetexerent
	perfect	praetexuerim		praetexuerīs		praetexuerit		praetexuerīmus		praetexuerītis		praetexuerint
	pluperfect	praetexuissem		praetexuissēs		praetexuisset		praetexuissēmus		praetexuissētis		praetexuissent
passive	present	praetexar		praetexāris, praetexāre		praetexātur		praetexāmur		praetexāminī		praetexantur
	imperfect	praetexerer		praetexerēris, praetexerēre		praetexerētur		praetexerēmur		praetexerēminī		praetexerentur
	perfect	praetextus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	praetextus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		praetexe		—		—		praetexite		—
	future	—		praetexitō		praetexitō		—		praetexitōte		praetexuntō
passive	present	—		praetexere		—		—		praeteximinī		—
	future	—		praetexitor		praetexitor		—		—		praetexuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		praetexere			praetexī			praetexēns			—
future		praetextūrum esse			praetextum īrī			praetextūrus			praetexendus, praetexundus
perfect		praetexuisse			praetextum esse			—			praetextus
future perfect		—			praetextum fore			—			—
perfect potential		praetextūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		praetexendī		praetexendō		praetexendum		praetexendō		praetextum		praetextū

Descendants

• English: pretext
• French: prétexter
• Spanish: pretextar

References

• “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