texo Copy link Outline I. Lit.B. Transf., in gen., to join or fit together ...II. Trop., to weave, composeA. Lit.2. Transf., that which is plaited, braided ...B. Trop., of literary composition, tissue ... ⓘtexentur | que: fut ind pass 3rd pl • texo, xui, xtum (inf. paragog. texier, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 69), 3, v. a. [root tek-; Gr. ἔτεκον, τίκτω, to beget; Sanscr. takman, child; taksh, to make], to weave (class.; syn. neo). I. 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.— B. 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. στεφ. 10, 846: Labyrinthus Parietibus textum caecis iter, Verg. A. 5, 589. — II. 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). A. 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.— 2. 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. — * B. Trop., of literary composition, tissue, texture, style: dicendi textum tenue, Quint. 9, 4, 17.
texō Copy link Outline 1 tisser : ourdir une toile ; [fig.] ourdir une trame ; vêtements ...2 tresser : [un brancard, une corbeille] [des claies] cf. || entrelacer [des ...3 [fig.] l'œuvre de ta lettre (les consolations qu'elle m'avait tressées, formulées) || ... ⓘtexentur | que: fut ind pass 3rd pl • texō, texŭī, textum, ĕre, tr., 1. tisser : telam Ter. Haut. 285, ourdir une toile ; [fig.] Cic. de Or. 3, 226, ourdir une trame ; tegumenta corporum texta Cic. Nat. 2, 150, vêtements de corps tissés, cf. Cic. Nat. 2, 123 ; Catul. 68, 49 ; Prop. 3, 6, 33 2. tresser : [un brancard, une corbeille] Virg. En. 11, 65 ; G. 1, 266 ; [des claies] Hor. Epo. 2, 45, cf. Ov. F. 6, 262 || entrelacer [des fleurs] : Ov. M. 10, 123, cf. Prop. 3, 3, 36 || faire, construire en entrelaçant : [des haies] Virg. G. 2, 371 ; [des nids] Quint. 2, 16, 16 ; Plin. 30, 89 || construire, bâtir : basilicam Cic. Att. 4, 16, 14, construire une basilique, cf. Virg. En. 11, 326 ; Plin. 13, 72 3. [fig.] quod tua texuerant scripta Ov. P. 1, 3, 28, l'œuvre de ta lettre (les consolations qu'elle m'avait tressées, formulées) || sermones Pl. Trin. 797, entrelacer, échanger des propos ; epistulas cottidianis verbis Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 1, composer les lettres en langage usuel, avec les mots journaliers, cf. Cic. Q. 3, 5, 1. ➳ inf. pass. texier Pl. Trin. 792.