rĕ-texo — Lewis & Short
rĕ-texo, xui (retexi, xtum, 3, v. a.
Manil. 4, 214 dub.),I To unweave, unravel what has been woven (class.).
A Lit.:
quasi Penelope telam retexens,Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 95:
tela retexta dolo,Ov. Am. 3, 9, 30:
telas,Stat. S. 3, 5, 9.—
2 Poet., transf., of other things:
nec (corpora possunt) retexi,be decomposed, Lucr. 1, 529; so,
umorem maris (sol),id. 5, 267: luna quater plenum tenuata retexuit orbem, i. e. lessened or diminished again, Ov. M. 7, 531.—
B Trop., to break up, cancel, annul, reverse (cf.:
resolvo, rescindo): multa quaerendo reperiunt non modo ea, quae jam non possint ipsi dissolvere, sed etiam quibus ante exorsa et potius detexta prope retexantur,Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 158:
superiora (novi timores),id. Fam. 11, 14, 3:
istius praeturam (opp. suam gerere),Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 26, § 63:
illa (dicta),to take back, id. Fin. 5, 28, 84:
orationem meam,to alter, change, id. Phil. 2, 13, 32:
scriptorum quaeque,to revise, correct, Hor. S. 2, 3, 2:
opus,Ov. P. 1, 3, 30; id. R. Am. 12:
retegens caelum terque ora retexens,Stat. S. 5, 3, 29:
jura,Manil. 4, 214:
calumniae textum,App. Mag. p. 313, 38: an, quod adulescens praestiti, id nunc commutem ac me ipse retexam? and fashion myself anew, metamorphose myself, Masius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 5.—
II To weave again or anew; to renew, repeat (poet.; not anteAug.). — Trop.:
properata retexite fata,i. e. call back to life, Ov. M. 10, 31:
inde retro redeunt, idemque retexitur ordo,id. ib. 15, 249; cf. Verg. A. 12, 763.—
B To repeat, relate again, narrate:
oro, mater, ordine mihi singula retexe,App. M. 9, p. 224, 30; so,
orationem,Lampr. Alex. Sev. 6; Claud. B. Gild. 325; Aus. Idyll. 10, 298.