weave Copy link Outline 1. texo, xui, xtum, 32. intexo (to w. in, among)3. contexo (to w. together)4. necto, xui and xi, xum, 3 (of any fastening)5. plecto, xui and xi, xum (to plait, mostly used in pass. part., and by poets) • weave: 1. texo, xui, xtum, 3: we find her w.ing at the loom, texentem telam offendimus, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 44: coverings for the body either woven or sewn, tegumenta corporum vel texta vel suta, Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150: let a basket be woven of twigs, texatur fiscina virga, Virg. G. 1, 266. Fig.: love unweaves the work which your writings have woven, amor quod tua texuerunt scripta retexit opus, Ov. Pont. 1, 3, 30. 2. intexo (to w. in, among): to w. purple marks among white threads, purpureas notas intexere albis filis, Ov. M. 6, 577. 3. contexo (to w. together): the woven wool of sheep, villae ovium contextae, Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158. 4. necto, xui and xi, xum, 3 (of any fastening): parsley for w.ing chaplets, nectendis apium coronis, Hor. Od. 4, 11, 3. 5. plecto, xui and xi, xum (to plait, mostly used in pass. part., and by poets): woven chaplets, plexae coronae, Lucr. 1398.