adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
praetextātus1
praetextātus (feminine praetextāta, neuter praetextātum)
Classical[prae̯.tɛkˈstaː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[pre.tekˈstaː.tus]
Meaning
- adjectivewearing the toga praetexta
- adjectivejuvenile
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | praetextātus | praetextāta | praetextātum |
| genitive | praetextātī | praetextātae | praetextātī |
| dative | praetextātō | praetextātae | praetextātō |
| accusative | praetextātum | praetextātam | praetextātum |
| ablative | praetextātō | praetextātā | praetextātō |
| vocative | praetextāte | praetextāta | praetextātum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | praetextātī | praetextātae | praetextāta |
| genitive | praetextātōrum | praetextātārum | praetextātōrum |
| dative | praetextātīs | praetextātīs | praetextātīs |
| accusative | praetextātōs | praetextātās | praetextāta |
| ablative | praetextātīs | praetextātīs | praetextātīs |
| vocative | praetextātī | praetextātae | praetextāta |
praetextātus, a, um, adj. praetexta, under praetexo fin. B. 1.,
I. clothed with or wearing the toga praetexta (class.):
Clodius, qui numquam antea praetextatus fuisset, Cic. Pis. 4, 8: pupillus, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 151; id. Phil. 2, 18, 44; 2, 43, 110: adulter, i. e. juvenile, Juv. 1, 78: imagines, Suet. Ner. 57: aetas, the age under seventeen years, Gell. 1, 23, 18: praetextata cultus amicitia, from childhood, Mart. 10, 20, 4.— Esp., subst.: praetextātus, i, m., one who wears the toga praetexta: delectu edicto, juniores ab annis septemdecim, et quosdam praetextatos scribunt, Liv. 22, 57; Suet. Rhet. 1: si quis praetextatum adsectatus fuerit, Gai. Inst. 3, 220; Juv. 10, 308. —II. Transf., verba praetextata, prop., veiled or disguised words; hence, transf., equivocal, obscene, unchaste expressions (post-Aug.):
praetextatis verbis abstinere, Suet. Vesp. 22: impudica et praetextata verba, Macr. S. 2, 1: non praetextatis, sed puris honestisque verbis, Gell. 9, 10, 4; cf. mores, Juv. 2, 170.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
praetextātus adj.
pretexta, wearing the toga praetexta : Clodius: decemviri, L.: adulter, i. e. juvenile , Iu.: mores, of youth , i. e. loose , Iu.— As subst m., a free-born youth : quosdam praetextatos scribunt, L.: loripes, Iu.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin praetextātus From praetexta + -ātus.