texo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *teksō, perhaps from either Proto-Indo-European *tḗtḱ-ti or *teḱ-se-ti, both from *teḱ- (“to beget, produce”). Compare Ancient Greek τίκτω (tíktō), Hittite 𒈭𒆠𒅖𒍣 (tákkišzi, “to arrange, prepare”), Sanskrit ताष्टि (tā́ṣṭi), Middle High German dehsen (“to break flax”), Old High German tāht (“wick”). On the basis of Old Armenian թեքեմ (tʻekʻem, “to bend; to fashion, forge”), the root has alternatively been reconstructed as *tek- (“to weave, fashion”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtek.soː/, [ˈt̪ɛks̠oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtek.so/, [ˈt̪ɛkso]

Verb

texō (present infinitive texere, perfect active texuī, supine textum); third conjugation

1. to weave, knit
2. to plait, intertwine

Conjugation

   Conjugation of texō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	texō	texis	texit	teximus	texitis	texunt
	imperfect	texēbam	texēbās	texēbat	texēbāmus	texēbātis	texēbant
	future	texam	texēs	texet	texēmus	texētis	texent
	perfect	texuī	texuistī	texuit	texuimus	texuistis	texuērunt, texuēre
	pluperfect	texueram	texuerās	texuerat	texuerāmus	texuerātis	texuerant
	future perfect	texuerō	texueris	texuerit	texuerimus	texueritis	texuerint
passive	present	texor	texeris, texere	texitur	teximur	teximinī	texuntur
	imperfect	texēbar	texēbāris, texēbāre	texēbātur	texēbāmur	texēbāminī	texēbantur
	future	texar	texēris, texēre	texētur	texēmur	texēminī	texentur
	perfect	textus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	textus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	textus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	texam	texās	texat	texāmus	texātis	texant
imperfect	texerem	texerēs	texeret	texerēmus	texerētis	texerent
perfect	texuerim	texuerīs	texuerit	texuerīmus	texuerītis	texuerint
pluperfect	texuissem	texuissēs	texuisset	texuissēmus	texuissētis	texuissent
passive	present	texar	texāris, texāre	texātur	texāmur	texāminī	texantur
imperfect	texerer	texerēris, texerēre	texerētur	texerēmur	texerēminī	texerentur
perfect	textus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	textus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	texe	—	—	texite	—
	future	—	texitō	texitō	—	texitōte	texuntō
passive	present	—	texere	—	—	teximinī	—
	future	—	texitor	texitor	—	—	texuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		texere	texuisse	textūrum esse	texī	textum esse	textum īrī
participles		texēns	—	textūrus	—	textus	texendus, texundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		texendī	texendō	texendum	texendō	textum	textū

Related terms

• circumtextus
• intertexō
• obtexō
• tēla
• textile
• textilis
• textor
• textōrius
• textrīnus
• textrīx
• textum
• textūra
• textus

 

Descendants

• Aromanian: tsas, tsãseari
• Asturian: texer
• Catalan: teixir
• Old Francoprovençal: *testre
  • Franco-Provençal: têtre
• Friulian: tiessi
• Italian: tessere
• Occitan: téisser
• Old French: tistre, tissir
  • French: tître, tisser
• Piedmontese: tesse
• Old Galician-Portuguese: tecer
  • Galician: tecer
  • Portuguese: tecer
• Romanian: țese, țesere
• Romansch: taisser, teisser, tesser
• Sardinian: tèssere, tèssiri
• Sicilian: tèssiri
• Spanish: tejer
• Venetan: tèsar

Further reading

• “texo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “texo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• texo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• texo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.