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1 in-nectō
in-nectō nēxuī, nexus, ere, to twist, entangle, bind up, weave in, gather together, weave: comas, V.: ramum olivae (in crinīs), V.—To join, bind, attach, connect, fasten to, weave about: palmas armis, V.: tempora sertis, deck, O.: fauces laqueo, encircle, O.: vincula rupit, Queis innexa pedem, ect., V.—Fig., to weave together, frame, contrive: causas morandi, V.: fraudem clienti, V. -
2 texō
texō xuī, xtus, ere [TEC-], to weave: Texens telam, T.: tegumenta corporum vel texta vel suta. — To join, fit together, plait, braid, interweave, construct, make, fabricate, build: rubeā texatur fiscina virgā, V.: saepes, V.: crates, H.: varios flores, O.: in medio foro basilicam: harundine textis (hibernaculis), L.: Labyrinthus... Parietibus textum caecis iter, V.—Fig., to weave, compose: quamquam tela texitur ea in civitate, ut, etc.: amor patriae Quod tua texuerunt scripta retexit opus, i. e. undoes what your writings had accomplished, O.: opus luculente.* * *texere, texui, textus Vweave; plait (together); construct with elaborate care -
3 in-texō
in-texō texuī, textus, ere, to weave in, inweave, interweave, plait, join together, interlace, surround, envelop: scutis viminibus intextis, Cs.: abiete costas, V.: Vestibus intexto Phrygiis spectabilis auro, O.: pyra, cui frondibus Intexunt latera, V.: intextus puer regius, embroidered, V.—To weave, make by weaving: tribus intextum tauris opus, of hides, V.—Fig., of speech, to interweave: parva magnis: fabulas: Varronem. -
4 detexo
detexere, detexui, detextus V TRANSweave, finish weaving, weave completely; complete/finish; plait (L+S); explain -
5 contexo
con-texo, xŭi, xtum, 3, v. a. and n.I.Act., to weave, entwine, braid, join together; to interweave, unite, connect (class. in prose and poetry).A.In gen.1.Prop.:2.ut earum (ovium) villis confectis atque contextis homines vestiantur?
Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158:alba lilia amarantis,
Tib. 3, 4, 33: haec directā materiā injecta contexebantur, these ( beams) were held together by timbers laid in a straight direction, Caes. B. G. 4, 17; so id. ib. 7, 23, 4 (cf. Jahn, Neue Jahrb. 1855, p. 516 sq.):fossam loricamque,
Tac. A. 4, 49:nec tam contextae cum sint (animae cum corporibus),
Lucr. 3, 695.—With dat. (post-Aug.):optime epilogum defensioni contexit,
Sen. Contr. 7 (3), 20, 7:sceleribus scelera contexens,
Sen. Ira, 1, 16, 3.—Trop.:B.quid est aetas hominis, nisi memoria rerum veterum cum superiorum aetate contexitur?
Cic. Or. 34, 120:conjuncte nostra cum reliquis rebus,
id. Fam. 5, 12, 2:extrema cum primis,
id. ib. 10, 13, 2:his et plasticen,
Plin. 35, 12, 43, § 151:partes,
Quint. 4, prooem. 7;11, 1, 6: in verbis singulis et contextis,
id. 9, 4, 23 al.:longius hoc carmen,
to weave on, continue, Cic. Cael. 8, 18; cf.interrupta,
id. Leg. 1, 3, 9:Caesaris nostri commentarios rerum gestarum Galliae, Auct. B. G. 8, prooem.: quae statim referri non poterant, contexuntur postero die,
Quint. 11, 2, 43.—Esp., to join together, to compose, make, construct, form, put together (cf.: compono, conecto, consero, etc.).1.Lit.:2.equum trabibus acernis,
Verg. A. 2, 112:puppes tenui cannā,
Val. Fl. 2, 108:saccum tenui vimine,
Col. 9, 15, 12.—Trop.:II.orationem,
Quint. 10, 6, 2; cf.librum,
Sen. Ep. 114, 18:crimen,
to devise, contrive, invent, Cic. Deiot. 6, 19.—Neutr.: contexere de aliquā re, to treat of:de sili,
Plin. 20, 5, 18, § 36.—Hence, contextus, a, um, P. a., cohering, connected:contexta condensaque corpora (opp. diffusa),
Lucr. 4, 57:oratio alia vincta atque contexta, soluta alia,
Quint. 9, 4, 19: tropos ille (corresp. with continua metaphora), id. 9, 2, 46.—* Adv.: contex-tē, connected together, in close connection:omnia necesse est colligatione naturali conserte contexteque fieri,
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6 contexte
con-texo, xŭi, xtum, 3, v. a. and n.I.Act., to weave, entwine, braid, join together; to interweave, unite, connect (class. in prose and poetry).A.In gen.1.Prop.:2.ut earum (ovium) villis confectis atque contextis homines vestiantur?
Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158:alba lilia amarantis,
Tib. 3, 4, 33: haec directā materiā injecta contexebantur, these ( beams) were held together by timbers laid in a straight direction, Caes. B. G. 4, 17; so id. ib. 7, 23, 4 (cf. Jahn, Neue Jahrb. 1855, p. 516 sq.):fossam loricamque,
Tac. A. 4, 49:nec tam contextae cum sint (animae cum corporibus),
Lucr. 3, 695.—With dat. (post-Aug.):optime epilogum defensioni contexit,
Sen. Contr. 7 (3), 20, 7:sceleribus scelera contexens,
Sen. Ira, 1, 16, 3.—Trop.:B.quid est aetas hominis, nisi memoria rerum veterum cum superiorum aetate contexitur?
Cic. Or. 34, 120:conjuncte nostra cum reliquis rebus,
id. Fam. 5, 12, 2:extrema cum primis,
id. ib. 10, 13, 2:his et plasticen,
Plin. 35, 12, 43, § 151:partes,
Quint. 4, prooem. 7;11, 1, 6: in verbis singulis et contextis,
id. 9, 4, 23 al.:longius hoc carmen,
to weave on, continue, Cic. Cael. 8, 18; cf.interrupta,
id. Leg. 1, 3, 9:Caesaris nostri commentarios rerum gestarum Galliae, Auct. B. G. 8, prooem.: quae statim referri non poterant, contexuntur postero die,
Quint. 11, 2, 43.—Esp., to join together, to compose, make, construct, form, put together (cf.: compono, conecto, consero, etc.).1.Lit.:2.equum trabibus acernis,
Verg. A. 2, 112:puppes tenui cannā,
Val. Fl. 2, 108:saccum tenui vimine,
Col. 9, 15, 12.—Trop.:II.orationem,
Quint. 10, 6, 2; cf.librum,
Sen. Ep. 114, 18:crimen,
to devise, contrive, invent, Cic. Deiot. 6, 19.—Neutr.: contexere de aliquā re, to treat of:de sili,
Plin. 20, 5, 18, § 36.—Hence, contextus, a, um, P. a., cohering, connected:contexta condensaque corpora (opp. diffusa),
Lucr. 4, 57:oratio alia vincta atque contexta, soluta alia,
Quint. 9, 4, 19: tropos ille (corresp. with continua metaphora), id. 9, 2, 46.—* Adv.: contex-tē, connected together, in close connection:omnia necesse est colligatione naturali conserte contexteque fieri,
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7 detexo
dē-texo, xŭi, xtum, 3, v. a., to weave off, to finish or make by weaving, to weave, plait (mostly poet.).I.Lit.: inter decem [p. 563] annos unam togam, Titin. ap. Non. 406, 19; cf.:II.ad detexundam telam,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 7:vestimentum,
Dig. 32, 1, 70, § 11.—Comic.: pallium (qs. to take it from the loom),
to steal, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 138:aliquid viminibus mollique junco,
Verg. E. 2, 72; cf.:fiscellam vimine junci,
Tib. 2, 3, 15.—Trop., to explain, describe, complete, finish:(lacteus) non perpetuum detexens conficit orbem,
Cic. Arat. 250: te ab summo jam detexam exordio, Poët. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 27, 42; cf.:ante exorsa et potius detexta prope retexantur,
Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 158:at modo coeptum detexatur opus,
Aus. Edyll. 10, 411. -
8 intexo
in-texo, texŭi, textum, 3, v. a., to weave into, to inweave, interweave; to plait, join together, interlace, surround, cover.I.Lit.:B.purpureasque notas filis intexuit albis,
Ov. M. 6, 577:diversos colores picturae,
Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 196:hastas foliis,
Verg. E. 5, 31:vitibus ulmos,
id. G. 2, 221:vestibus intexto Phrygiis spectabilis auro,
Ov. M. 6, 166; cf. Curt. 9, 7, 12:cum chlamyde purpurea variis coloribus intexta,
embroidered, Auct. Her. 4, 47, 60:intextus puer regius,
Verg. A. 5, 252; id. G. 3, 25:hederae intexere truncos,
Ov. M. 4, 365.—Esp., to weave, make by weaving or interlacing:II.tribus intextum tauris opus,
of hides, Verg. A. 10, 785:sterili junco cannaque intexta palustri,
Luc. 5, 517:ex lino,
Plin. 10, 33, 50, § 96; cf.:latera intextus stellatis axibus agger,
Sil. 13, 109.—Trop.: facta chartis, to interweave on paper, i. e. to describe, Tib. 4, 1, 5:parva magnis, laeta tristibus,
Cic. Part. 4, 12:aliquid in causa prudenter,
id. de Or. 2, 16, 68:Varronem,
id. Att. 13, 12, 3: tali te vellem ritu inter soles... naturae rerum magnis intexere chartis, to interweave in a poem on nature your fame, etc., Verg. Cir. 39. -
9 obtexo
ob-texo, xŭi, 3, v. a. (post-Aug.).I.To weave to or over any thing:II.papilio fila araneosa alarum lanugine obtexit,
Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 65.—To weave over, i. e. to overspread, cover with any thing:caelum obtexitur umbrā,
Verg. A. 11, 611:per nubes caelum aliud obtexens,
Plin. 2, 38, 38, § 104:jaculis obtexitur aër,
Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 1, 258.— Transf.:excusationes obtexere avaritiae suae,
Ambros. in Luc. 8, § 78:sol nubibus obtexitur,
id. Ep. 5, 4. -
10 ordior
ordĭor, orsus, 4 ( fut. ordibor for ordiar: non parvam rem ordibor, Att. ap. Non. 39, 22; part. perf. orditus, Sid. Ep. 2, 9; Vulg. Isa. 25, 7), v. dep., lit., to begin a web, to lay the warp; hence, also, in gen., to begin, undertake a thing:I.ordiri est rei principium facere, unde et togae vocantur exordiae,
Fest. p. 185 Müll.; cf. Isid. 19, 29, 7:telam,
Hier. in Isa. 9, 30, v. 1; Vulg. Isa. 25, 7.Lit., to begin to weave a web, to weave, spin:II.araneus orditur telas,
Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 80.—So of the Fates:Lachesis plenā orditur manu,
Sen. Apoc. 4:(Parca) hominis vitam orditur,
Lact. 2, 10, 20.—In gen., to begin, commence, set about, undertake (class.; syn.: incipio, incoho, infit); constr. with acc., de, inf., or absol.(α).With acc.:(β).reliquas res,
Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 2:alterius vitae quoddam initium ordimur,
id. Att. 4, 1:reliquos,
to relate, describe, Nep. Alc. 11, 6:querelae ab initio tantae ordiendae rei absint. Liv. praef. § 12: majorem orsa furorem,
Verg. A. 7, 386.—With de:(γ).paulo altius de re ordiri,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 47, § 105.—With inf.:(δ).ea, de quā disputare ordimur,
Cic. Brut. 6, 22:cum adulescens orsus esset in foro dicere,
id. ib. 88, 301:cum sic orsa loqui vates,
Verg. A. 6, 125:et orsa est Dicere Leuconoë,
Ov. M. 4, 167:tunc sic orsa loqui,
id. ib. 4, 320.—Absol., to begin, commence, set out, take or have a beginning:(ε).unde est orsa, in eodem terminetur oratio,
Cic. Marcell. 11, 33: Veneris contra sic filius orsus, thus began (to speak), Verg. A. 1, 325:sic Juppiter orsus,
id. ib. 12, 806; so commonly with specification of the point from which:unde ordiri rectius possumus quam a naturā?
Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37 init.:a principio,
id. Phil. 2, 18, 44:a facillimis,
id. Fin. 1, 5, 13:a capite,
Plin. 25, 11, 83, § 132.—Of things or subjects, to begin, to be begun (where the verb may be taken in pass. sense):tormina ab atrā bile orsa mortifera sunt,
Cels. 2, 8:cum ex depressiore loco fuerint orsa fundamenta,
Col. 1, 5, 9: sed ab initio est ordiendus (Themistocles), i. e. I must begin ( his life) at the beginning, Nep. Them. 1, 2; cf.:ab eo nobis causa ordienda est,
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11 pertexo
per-texo, xui, xtum, 3, v. a.I.Lit.A.To weave throughout, weave entirely:B.palla bysso tenui pertexta, i. e. byssina,
App. M. 11, p. 258, 21.—To interweave, i. e. to furnish, decorate, adorn with any thing:II.Odeum, quod Pericles navium malis et antennis pertexuit,
Vitr. 5, 9 init. dub. (al. pertexit).—Trop., to go through with, perform, accomplish:inceptum dictis,
Lucr. 6, 42:locum,
Cic. Att. 1, 14, 3:pertexe modo quod exorsus es,
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12 praetexo
I.Lit. (mostly poet.):B.purpura saepe tuos fulgens praetexit amictus,
Ov. P. 3, 8, 7:glaucas comis praetexere frondes,
weave around, Val. Fl. 3, 436; Plin. 16, 1, 1, § 4:praetexit arundine ripas Mincius,
Verg. E. 7, 12:litora curvae Praetexunt puppes,
id. A. 6, 5:fontem violis, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 249: limina ramis, Rapt. Pros. 2, 320: ripam ulvis,
Aus. Idyll. 10, 45:sicubi odoratas praetexit amaracus umbras,
spreads over, Col. 10, 297.—In mid. force:utraeque nationes Rheno praetexuntur,
border on the Rhine, Tac. G. 34.—Transf.1.To place before or in front (syn.:2.praetendo, praepono): in his voluminibus auctorum nomina praetexui, Plin. praef. § 21: auctores quos praetexuimus volumini huic,
id. 18, 25, 57, § 212:tibi maximus honor excubare pro templis, postibusque praetexi,
i. e. that your statues stand before the temples, Plin. Pan. 52.—To border, to furnish, provide, or adorn with any thing: ex primo versu cujusque sententiae primis litteris illius sententiae carmen omne praetexitur, the whole poem is bordered (like an acrostic) with the initial letters from the first verse of every sentence (oracle), Cic. Div. 2, 54, 112: omnia quae aguntur acerrime, lenioribus principiis natura praetexuit, has provided with, etc., id. de Or. 2, 78, 317:II.praetexta quercu domus,
Ov. F. 4, 953; 5, 567:summaque praetexat tenuis fastigia chartae, Indicet ut nomen, littera facta, meum,
let my name be inscribed upon it, Tib. 3, 1, 11.—Trop.A.To allege as an excuse, to pretend, to assign as a pretext (syn. causor):B.cupiditatem triumphi,
Cic. Pis. 24, 56:nomina speciosa,
Tac. H. 1, 72.—With acc. and inf.:ubicumque ipsi essent, praetexentes esse rempublicam,
Vell. 2, 62, 3:Tigellinus T. Vinii potentia defensus, praetexentis, servatam ab eo filiam,
Tac. H. 1, 72.—To cover, cloak, conceal, disguise with any thing:B.hoc praetexit nomine culpam,
Verg. A. 4, 172:funera sacris,
id. ib. 4, 500:fraudem blando risu,
Claud. Ruf. 1, 99.—Hence, praetextus, a, um, P. a., clothed with or wearing the toga praetexta:praetextus senatus (for praetextā in dutus),
Prop. 4 (5), 1, 11:pubes,
Aus. Prof. 18, 7.—In partic.1.Toga praetexta, and (post-Aug.) absol.: praetexta, ae, f., the outer garment, bordered with purple, worn at Rome by the higher magistrates and by free-born children till they assumed the toga virilis, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 36; 2, 1, 44, § 113; id. Q. Fr. 2, 12, 2; Liv. 27, 37; 33, 42; Plin. 9, 39, 63, § 136; 33, 1, 4, § 10 et saep.: praetextā pullā nulli alii licebat uti, quam ei, qui funus faciebat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 236 Müll.—Hence,b.praetexta, ae, f. (sc. fabula), a tragedy, because celebrated Romans (like Brutus, Decius, Marcellus) were represented in it:2.nostri vestigia Graeca Ausi deserere, et celebrare domestica facta, Vel qui praetextas vel qui docuere togatas,
Hor. A. P. 286; Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3:praetextam legere,
id. ib. 10, 32, 5.—praetextum, i, n.a.An ornament, as something wrought or fastened in front (post - Aug.):b.pulcherrimum reipublicae praetextum,
Sen. Ep. 71, 9.—A pretence, [p. 1436] pretext, excuse (post-Aug.; cf.:species, simulatio): et praetextum quidem illi civilium armorum hoc fuit: causas autem alias fuisse opinantur,
Suet. Caes. 30: ad praetextum mutatae voluntatis, under pretext or color of, id. Aug. 12:ipse Ravennam devertit praetexto classem alloquendi,
under pretext, Tac. H. 2, 100:praetexto reipublicae,
id. ib. 3, 80; Sen. Contr. 4, 25, 14. -
13 texo
texo, xui, xtum ( inf. paragog. texier, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 69), 3, v. a. [root tek-; Gr. etekon, tiktô, to beget; Sanscr. takman, child; taksh, to make], to weave (class.; syn. neo).I.Lit.:B.texens telam,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 44:vestes,
Tib. 2, 3, 54:tegumenta corporum vel texta vel suta,
Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150:in araneolis aliae quasi rete texunt,
id. ib. 2, 48, 123:tenuem texens sublimis aranea telam,
Cat. 68, 49:in vacuo texetur aranea lecto,
Prop. 3, 6 (4, 5), 33:chlamydem,
Val. Fl. 2, 499.— Absol., Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 79.—Transf., in gen., to join or fit together any thing; to plait, braid, interweave, interlace, intertwine; to construct, make, fabricate, build, etc. (mostly poet.):II.rubeā texatur fiscina virgā,
Verg. G. 1, 266:molle feretrum texunt virgis et vimine querno,
id. A. 11, 65:parietem lento vimine,
Ov. F. 6, 262; and:domum vimine querno,
Stat. Th. 1, 583. saepes, Verg. G. 2, 371:crates,
Hor. Epod. 2, 45:rosam,
Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 36; cf.:coronam rosis,
Mart. 13, 51, 1:varios flores,
Ov. M. 10, 123:tegetes,
Plin. 21, 18, 69, § 112:harundinibus textae casae,
id. 30, 10, 27, § 89:navigia ex papyro,
id. 13, 11, 22, § 72:nidos,
Quint. 2, 16, 16:basilicam,
Cic. Att. 4, 16, 14:robore naves,
Verg. A. 11, 326:harundine texta hibernacula,
Liv. 30, 3, 9: pyram pinu aridā, Prud. steph. 10, 846:Labyrinthus Parietibus textum caecis iter,
Verg. A. 5, 589. —Trop., to weave, compose:A.quamquam ea tela texitur et ea incitatur in civitate ratio vivendi, ut, etc.,
is devised, contrived, Cic. de Or. 3, 60, 226; cf.:amor patriae Quod tua texuerunt scripta retexit opus,
i. e. had wrought, produced, Ov. P. 1, 3, 30:quamquam sermones possunt longi texier,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 68:epistulas cottidianis verbis,
Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 1; cf.:opus luculente,
id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 1.—Hence, textum, i, n., that which is woven, a web ( poet. and in postAug. prose).Lit.:2.pretiosa texta,
Ov. H. 17, 223:illita texta veneno,
id. ib. 9, 163:rude,
id. M. 8, 640; Mart. 8, 28, 18:pepli,
Stat. Th. 10, 56.—Transf., that which is plaited, braided, or fitted together, a plait, texture, fabric:* B.pinea carinae,
Cat. 64, 10; Ov. M. 11, 524; 14, 531; id. F. 1, 506:non enarrabile clipei,
Verg. A. 8, 625:ferrea,
Lucr. 6, 1052; cf.talia,
id. 5, 95:Lolliam vidi, zmaragdis margaritisque opertam, alterno texto fulgentibus toto capite,
in alternate structures, layers, Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 117. — -
14 attexō (adt-)
attexō (adt-) —, textus, ere [ad + texo], to weave to, join closely: loricae ex cratibus attexuntur, Cs.: barbarorum agris attexta ora. -
15 con-texō
con-texō xuī, xtus, ere, to weave, entwine, join, bind: (ovium) villis contextis: haec directā materiā iniecta contexebantur, Cs.: simulacra, quorum contexta viminibus membra, etc., Cs. — To compose, construct, put together: trabibus contextus acernis equus, V. — Fig., to devise: crimen.—To recount, recite: longius hoc carmen, quote further: aliquos tanto cursu, ut, etc., fast enough, Iu. -
16 coruscō
coruscō —, —, āre [coruscus], to move quickly, vibrate, shake, brandish, weave, tremble (poet.): duo Gaesa manu, V.: telum, V.: linguas (colubrae), O.: frontem, toss, Iu.: Cunctanti telum, brandishes at, V.—To be in quick motion, flit, flutter, shake: apes pennis coruscant, V.: (colubrae) linguā, O.: abies, trembles, Iu.—To flash, glitter, gleam, coruscate: flamma inter nubīs coruscat: (apes) fulgore, V.* * *coruscare, coruscavi, coruscatus Vbrandish/shake/quiver; flash/glitter, emit/reflect intermittent/quivering light -
17 dē-texō
dē-texō —, xtus, ere, to weave, plait: aliquid Viminibus, V.: fiscellam vimine, Tb.—Fig.: detexta prope retexantur, finished. -
18 ex-ōrdior
ex-ōrdior ōrsus, īrī, dep., to begin a web, lay the warp, prepare to weave: pertexe modo, Antoni, quod exorsus es: ante exorsa, the web they had begun. — Meton., to begin, commence, make a beginning: iubent exordiri ita, ut, etc.: preces, O.: Unde exordior narrare, T.: tum dicere exorsus est: de quo scribere exorsi sumus, N.: ab ipsā re: bellum ab causā tam nefandā, L. -
19 flectō
flectō flēxī, flexus, ere [FALC-], to bend, bow, curve, turn, turn round: equos brevi, Cs.: de foro in Capitolium currūs: habenas, O.: cursūs in orbem, O.: iter ad Privernum, L.: flexa In burim ulmus, V.: artūs, L.: ora retro, O.: geminas acies huc, direct, V.: lumina, avert, V.: salignas cratīs, weave, V.: flex<*> fractique motūs, contorted: flexum mare, a bay, Ta.: (silva) se sinistrorsus, Cs.: (milvus) Flectitur in gyrum, wheels, O.: flector in anguem, wind myself into a snake, O.: Cera multas Flectitur in facies, is moulded, O.— To turn, double, pass around: in flectendis promunturiis: Leucatam.— To turn from, avoid, turn out of: viam, C., L.: iter, V.— To turn, go, divert one's course, march, pass: laevo flectentes limine, V.: ex Gabino in Tusculanos flexere colles, L.: ad Oceanum, L.: ad sapientiam, Ta.—Fig., to bend, turn, direct, sway, change: animum, T.: teneros et rudīs: suam naturam huc et illuc: vocem, modulate: flexus sonus, i. e. melancholy: mentīs suas ad nostrum imperium: aliquem a proposito, divert, L.: animos, quin, etc., L.: animos ad carmina, O.: Quo vobis mentes sese flexere viaï? Enn. ap. C.: Cereus in vitium flecti, H.: flexo in meridiem die, Ta.: versūs, qui in Tiberium flecterentur, i. e. might be applied, Ta.— To bend, move, persuade, influence, prevail upon, overcome, soften, appease: quibus rebus ita flectebar animo, ut, etc.: flectere mollibus Iam durum imperiis, H.: Superos, V.: fata deum precando, V.: ingenium alicuius avorsum, S.: si flectitur ira deorum, O.: ad deditionem animos, L.* * *flectere, flexi, flexus Vbend, curve, bow; turn, curl; persuade, prevail on, soften -
20 in-ligō (ill-)
in-ligō (ill-) āvī, ātus, āre, to bind on, tie on, fasten, attach: tauris iuga, H.: inligata tigna tenere, Cs.: manibus post tergum inligatis, L.: emblemata in poculis: litterae in iaculo inligatae, Cs.: lunae motūs in sphaeram, add to the celestial globe: iuvencis inligata aratra, H.—To fetter, encumber, entangle, impede: inutilis inque ligatus Cedebat, V.: Vix inligatum te triformi Pegasus expediet Chimaerā, H.: se locis impeditis, Ta.— Fig., in speech, to weave in, intersperse: orationis genus, in quo omnes verborum inligantur lepores: sermonibus personas gravīs.—To connect, associate, bind, limit, entangle, fetter: non iis condicionibus inligabitur pax, ut, etc., L.: multis pignoribus Lepidum res p. inligatum tenet: sociali foedere se cum Romanis, L.: angustis et concisis disputationibus inligati.
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Weave — (w[=e]v), v. t. [imp. {Wove} (w[=o]v); p. p. {Woven} (w[=o]v n), {Wove}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Weaving}. The regular imp. & p. p. {Weaved} (w[=e]vd), is rarely used.] [OE. weven, AS. wefan; akin to D. weven, G. weben, OHG. weban, Icel. vefa, Sw. v[… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
weave — [wēv] vt. WOVE or, chiefly for vt. 6 & vi. 2, weaved, woven or wove or, chiefly for vt. 6 & vi. 2, weaved, weaving, wove [ME weven < OE wefan, akin to ON vefa, Ger weben < IE * webh (> Gr hyphē) < base * (a)we , to plait, weave] 1. a) … English World dictionary
weave — Ⅰ. weave [1] ► VERB (past wove; past part. woven or wove) 1) form (fabric) by interlacing long threads passing in one direction with others at a right angle to them. 2) (usu. as noun weaving) make fabric in this way. 3) … English terms dictionary
Weave — Weave, n. A particular method or pattern of weaving; as, the cassimere weave. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
weave — (v.) O.E. wefan form by interlacing yarn (class V strong verb; past tense wæf, pp. wefen), from P.Gmc. *webanan (Cf. O.N. vefa, M.L.G., M.Du., Du. weven, O.H.G. weban, Ger. weben to weave ), from PIE *webh /*wobh (Cf. Skt. ubhnati he laces to … Etymology dictionary
weave — weave, knit, crochet, braid, plait, tat mean to make a fabric or textile or to form an article by interlacing threads or strands of material. Weave usually implies crossing rows of threads or strands interlaced into a web, irrespective of method … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Weave — Weave, v. i. 1. To practice weaving; to work with a loom. [1913 Webster] 2. To become woven or interwoven. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
weave — index incorporate (include) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
weave — verb. It is worth pointing out that there are two words involved here, although their meanings overlap in figurative applications. The one meaning ‘to form fabric by interlacing threads’ is from Old English, and the other, meaning ‘to take a… … Modern English usage
weave — [v] blend, unite; contrive braid, build, careen, complect, complicate, compose, construct, create, criss cross, crochet, cue, entwine, fabricate, fold, fuse, incorporate, interfold, interlace, interlink, intermingle, intertwine, introduce, knit,… … New thesaurus
weave — I n. a plain; satin; twill weave II v. 1) (C) she wove a basket for us; or: she wove us a basket 2) (d; tr.) to weave around, round (she wove the story around a specific theme) 3) (d; tr.) to weave from, out of (she wants to weave a scarf from… … Combinatory dictionary