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ob-texo

ob-texo · v. a

To weave to

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What it meant

ob-texo — Lewis & Short

ob-texo, xŭi, 3, v. a. (post-Aug.).

I To weave to or over any thing: papilio fila araneosa alarum lanugine obtexit, Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 65.—

II To weave over, i. e. to overspread, cover with any thing: caelum obtexitur umbrā, Verg. A. 11, 611: per nubes caelum aliud obtexens, Plin. 2, 38, 38, § 104: jaculis obtexitur aër, Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 1, 258.—Transf.: excusationes obtexere avaritiae suae, Ambros. in Luc. 8, § 78: sol nubibus obtexitur, id. Ep. 5, 4.

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