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Lewis Short
(P. a.) : praetextus, a, um, Part. and , from praetexo.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
praetextus (noun M) : (but found only in
* Abl. sing.; cf. praetextum, s. v. praetexo fin.), m. praetexo.
* Outward appearance, show, ornament, display, splendor, consequence (post-Aug.): majore praetextu,Tac. H. 1, 19: praetextu senatūs,id. ib. 1, 76: plurimorum et maximorum operum praetextu,Val. Max. 4, 4, 1; Manil. 3, 129.
* A pretence, pretext, color (not anteAug.): decretum sub leni praetextu verborum factum est,Liv. 36, 6, 5: sub praetextu,Petr. 97: hoc praetextu,under this pretence,Just. 29, 3: latrocinii, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 10, 8.
* Abl. sing.; cf. praetextum, s. v. praetexo fin.), m. praetexo.
* Outward appearance, show, ornament, display, splendor, consequence (post-Aug.): majore praetextu,Tac. H. 1, 19: praetextu senatūs,id. ib. 1, 76: plurimorum et maximorum operum praetextu,Val. Max. 4, 4, 1; Manil. 3, 129.
* A pretence, pretext, color (not anteAug.): decretum sub leni praetextu verborum factum est,Liv. 36, 6, 5: sub praetextu,Petr. 97: hoc praetextu,under this pretence,Just. 29, 3: latrocinii, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 10, 8.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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