praetexta

== English == === Alternative forms === prætexta (obsolete) === Etymology === From Latin praetexta (toga), from praetextus, perfect passive participle of praetexō (“to weave before, to fringe, border”); prae- (“before”) + texō (“to weave”). === Noun === praetexta (plural praetextas or praetextae) (historical, Ancient Rome) A white robe with a purple border, worn by a Roman boy before he was entitled to wear the toga virilis, or until about the completion of his fourteenth year, and by girls until their marriage. It was also worn by magistrates and priests. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “prætexta”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Latin == === Pronunciation === praetexta: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [prae̯ˈtɛk.sta] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [preˈtɛk.sta] praetextā: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [prae̯ˈtɛk.staː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [preˈtɛk.sta] === Etymology 1 === Ellipsis of toga praetexta. ==== Noun ==== praetexta f (genitive praetextae); first declension the toga praetexta Coordinate term: toga virīlis ===== Declension ===== First-declension noun. ===== Derived terms ===== praetextātus === Etymology 2 === Ellipsis of fābula praetexta; because these tragedies were were played with Roman actors wearing the toga praetexta. ==== Noun ==== praetexta f (genitive praetextae); first declension (drama) a Roman tragedy Antonym: crepidāta Hypernyms: tragoedia, fābula ===== Declension ===== First-declension noun. ===== See also ===== ==== Participle ==== praetexta inflection of praetextus: nominative/ablative/vocative feminine singular nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural ==== Participle ==== praetextā ablative feminine singular of praetextus === Further reading === “praetexta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “praetexta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "praetexta", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “praetexta”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “praetexta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “praetexta”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin