1. texo — Lewis & Short
texo, xui, xtum (
I inf. paragog. texier, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 69), 3, v. a. root tek-; Gr. e)/tekon, ti/ktw, 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. stef. 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.