praetextus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of praetexō.

Participle

praetextus (feminine praetexta, neuter praetextum); first/second-declension participle

  1. fringed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative praetextus praetexta praetextum praetextī praetextae praetexta
Genitive praetextī praetextae praetextī praetextōrum praetextārum praetextōrum
Dative praetextō praetextō praetextīs
Accusative praetextum praetextam praetextum praetextōs praetextās praetexta
Ablative praetextō praetextā praetextō praetextīs
Vocative praetexte praetexta praetextum praetextī praetextae praetexta

References

  • “praetextus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “praetextus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • praetextus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • praetextus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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