praetexo

== Latin == === Etymology === From prae- + texō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [prae̯ˈtɛk.soː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [preˈtɛk.so] === Verb === praetexō (present infinitive praetexere, perfect active praetexuī, supine praetextum); third conjugation to fringe, edge, border (weaving) to place before or in front to adorn (figuratively) to cover, conceal, hide, disguise to pretend ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: pretext 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.