to plait

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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).

Lit.:

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.):

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:

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.:

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:

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. —

Trop., of literary composition, tissue, texture, style:

dicendi textum tenue,

Quint. 9, 4, 17.

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the main verb for weaving of cloth.

to weave, twine together, plait, construct, build.

to weave together, stitch, plait.

dē-texo, xŭi, xtum, 3, v. a., to weave off, to finish or make by weaving, to weave, plait (mostly poet.).

Lit.: inter decem [p. 563] annos unam togam, Titin. ap. Non. 406, 19; cf.:

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.

implecto ( inpl-), xi, xum, 3, v. a. [in-plecto], to plait, wind, or twist into, to wind or twist among, to interweave, interlace, entwine ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; usually in the part. perf.).

Lit.:

multae hirudines dentibus (crocodili) implectuntur,

App. Mag. p. 278:

inplexis ita principiis,

Lucr. 3, 33:

dracones quaternos quinosque inter se cratium modo implexos,

Plin. 8, 13, 13, § 35:

capillus horrore implexus atque impeditus,

App. Mag. p. 276; cf.

in a Greek construction, caeruleos implexae crinibus angues Eumenides,

Verg. G. 4, 482:

manibus implexis,

Sen. Ben. 1, 3; cf. App. M. 3, p. 135.—

Trop.:

vidua implexa luctu continuo,

implicated, involved, entangled, Tac. A. 16, 10, v. Orell. ad h. l.

implecto ( inpl-), xi, xum, 3, v. a. [in-plecto], to plait, wind, or twist into, to wind or twist among, to interweave, interlace, entwine ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; usually in the part. perf.).

Lit.:

multae hirudines dentibus (crocodili) implectuntur,

App. Mag. p. 278:

inplexis ita principiis,

Lucr. 3, 33:

dracones quaternos quinosque inter se cratium modo implexos,

Plin. 8, 13, 13, § 35:

capillus horrore implexus atque impeditus,

App. Mag. p. 276; cf.

in a Greek construction, caeruleos implexae crinibus angues Eumenides,

Verg. G. 4, 482:

manibus implexis,

Sen. Ben. 1, 3; cf. App. M. 3, p. 135.—

Trop.:

vidua implexa luctu continuo,

implicated, involved, entangled, Tac. A. 16, 10, v. Orell. ad h. l.

in-texo, texŭi, textum, 3, v. a., to weave into, to inweave, interweave; to plait, join together, interlace, surround, cover.

Lit.:

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:

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.