praetexo

Latin

Etymology

From prae- +‎ texō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /prae̯ˈtek.soː/, [präe̯ˈt̪ɛks̠oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /preˈtek.so/, [preˈt̪ɛkso]

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, Virgil, Aeneid 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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		praetexere	praetexuisse	praetextūrum esse	praetexī	praetextum esse	praetextum īrī
participles		praetexēns	—	praetextūrus	—	praetextus	praetexendus, praetexundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		praetexendī	praetexendō	praetexendum	praetexendō	praetextum	praetextū

Descendants

• 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