verbthird conjugation
dētexō
dētexō (present infinitive dētexere, perfect active dētexuī, supine dētextum)
Classical[deːˈtɛk.soː]Ecclesiastical[deˈtɛk.so]
Meaning
- transitiveto weave, plait (finish weaving, plaiting)
- figurativelytransitiveto describe, complete
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dētexō | dētexēbam | dētexam | dētexuī | dētexueram | dētexuerō |
| 2nd sg. | dētexis | dētexēbās | dētexēs | dētexuistī | dētexuerās | dētexueris |
| 3rd sg. | dētexit | dētexēbat | dētexet | dētexuit | dētexuerat | dētexuerit |
| 1st pl. | dēteximus | dētexēbāmus | dētexēmus | dētexuimus | dētexuerāmus | dētexuerimus |
| 2nd pl. | dētexitis | dētexēbātis | dētexētis | dētexuistis | dētexuerātis | dētexueritis |
| 3rd pl. | dētexunt | dētexēbant | dētexent | dētexuērunt dētexuēre | dētexuerant | dētexuerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dētexam | dētexerem | dētexuerim | dētexuissem |
| 2nd sg. | dētexās | dētexerēs | dētexuerīs | dētexuissēs |
| 3rd sg. | dētexat | dētexeret | dētexuerit | dētexuisset |
| 1st pl. | dētexāmus | dētexerēmus | dētexuerīmus | dētexuissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | dētexātis | dētexerētis | dētexuerītis | dētexuissētis |
| 3rd pl. | dētexant | dētexerent | dētexuerint | dētexuissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dētexor | dētexēbar | dētexar |
| 2nd sg. | dētexeris dētexere | dētexēbāris dētexēbāre | dētexēris dētexēre |
| 3rd sg. | dētexitur | dētexēbātur | dētexētur |
| 1st pl. | dēteximur | dētexēbāmur | dētexēmur |
| 2nd pl. | dēteximinī | dētexēbāminī | dētexēminī |
| 3rd pl. | dētexuntur | dētexēbantur | dētexentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dētexar | dētexerer |
| 2nd sg. | dētexāris dētexāre | dētexerēris dētexerēre |
| 3rd sg. | dētexātur | dētexerētur |
| 1st pl. | dētexāmur | dētexerēmur |
| 2nd pl. | dētexāminī | dētexerēminī |
| 3rd pl. | dētexantur | dētexerentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | dētexe | dētexere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | dētexite | dēteximinī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | dētexitō | dētexitor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | dētexitō | dētexitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | dētexitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | dētexuntō | dētexuntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | dētexere | dētexī |
| perfect infinitive | dētexuisse | dētextum esse |
| future infinitive | dētextūrum esse | dētextum īrī |
| present participle | dētexēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | dētextus |
| future participle | dētextūrus | dētexendus dētexundus |
gerunddētexendī, dētexendō, dētexendumsupinedētextum, dētextū
dē-texo, xŭi, xtum, 3,
I. v. a., to weave off, to finish or make by weaving, to weave, plait (mostly poet.).
I. Lit.: inter decem annos unam togam, Titin. ap. Non. 406, 19; cf.:
ad detexundam telam, Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 7: vestimentum, Dig. 32, 1, 70, § 11.— Comic.: pallium (qs. to take it from the loom), to steal, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 138: aliquid viminibus mollique junco, Verg. E. 2, 72; cf.: fiscellam vimine junci, Tib. 2, 3, 15.— II. Trop., to explain, describe, complete, finish:
(lacteus) non perpetuum detexens conficit orbem, Cic. Arat. 250: te ab summo jam detexam exordio, Poët. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 27, 42; cf.: ante exorsa et potius detexta prope retexantur, Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 158: at modo coeptum detexatur opus, Aus. Edyll. 10, 411.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
dē-texō —, xtus, ere,
to weave, plait: aliquid Viminibus, V.: fiscellam vimine, Tb.—Fig.: detexta prope retexantur, finished.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindētexō
Latin dē- Latin texō Latin dētexō From dē- + texō (“to weave”).