verbthird conjugation
texō
texō (present infinitive texere, perfect active texuī, supine textum)
Classical[ˈtɛk.soː]Ecclesiastical[ˈtɛk.so]
Meaning
- to weave, knit
tenuem texens sublimis aranea telam
The spider weaving their thin web aloftc. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 68a.49 - to plait, intertwine
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
fīla in tēlam iungōtexō -ere — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 19
fīla in vestem iungōtexō -ere — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 9
weave
texō -ere, textus — in De Bello Gallico II and De Bello Gallico III
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | texō | texēbam | texam | texuī | texueram | texuerō |
| 2nd sg. | texis | texēbās | texēs | texuistī | texuerās | texueris |
| 3rd sg. | texit | texēbat | texet | texuit | texuerat | texuerit |
| 1st pl. | teximus | texēbāmus | texēmus | texuimus | texuerāmus | texuerimus |
| 2nd pl. | texitis | texēbātis | texētis | texuistis | texuerātis | texueritis |
| 3rd pl. | texunt | texēbant | texent | texuērunt texuēre | texuerant | texuerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | texam | texerem | texuerim | texuissem |
| 2nd sg. | texās | texerēs | texuerīs | texuissēs |
| 3rd sg. | texat | texeret | texuerit | texuisset |
| 1st pl. | texāmus | texerēmus | texuerīmus | texuissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | texātis | texerētis | texuerītis | texuissētis |
| 3rd pl. | texant | texerent | texuerint | texuissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | texor | texēbar | texar |
| 2nd sg. | texeris texere | texēbāris texēbāre | texēris texēre |
| 3rd sg. | texitur | texēbātur | texētur |
| 1st pl. | teximur | texēbāmur | texēmur |
| 2nd pl. | teximinī | texēbāminī | texēminī |
| 3rd pl. | texuntur | texēbantur | texentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | texar | texerer |
| 2nd sg. | texāris texāre | texerēris texerēre |
| 3rd sg. | texātur | texerētur |
| 1st pl. | texāmur | texerēmur |
| 2nd pl. | texāminī | texerēminī |
| 3rd pl. | texantur | texerentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | texe | texere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | texite | teximinī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | texitō | texitor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | texitō | texitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | texitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | texuntō | texuntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | texere | texī |
| perfect infinitive | texuisse | textum esse |
| future infinitive | textūrum esse | textum īrī |
| present participle | texēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | textus |
| future participle | textūrus textūra, textūrā, textūrae, textūram, textūrārum, textūrās, textūre, textūrī, textūrīs, textūrō, textūrōrum, textūrōs, textūrum | texendus texundus, texenda, texendā, texendae, texendam, texendārum, texendās, texende, texendīs, texendōrum, texendōs |
gerundtexendī, texendō, texendumsupinetextum, textū
texo, xui, xtum (
I. inf. paragog. texier, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 69), 3, v. a. root tek-; Gr. ἔτεκον, τίκτω, 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. στεφ. 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.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
texō xuī, xtus, ere
TEC-, to weave : Texens telam, T.: tegumenta corporum vel texta vel suta. — To join, fit together, plait, braid, interweave, construct, make, fabricate, build : rubeā texatur fiscina virgā, V.: saepes, V.: crates, H.: varios flores, O.: in medio foro basilicam: harundine textis (hibernaculis), L.: Labyrinthus . . . Parietibus textum caecis iter, V.—Fig., to weave, compose : quamquam tela texitur ea in civitate, ut, etc.: amor patriae Quod tua texuerunt scripta retexit opus, i. e. undoes what your writings had accomplished , O.: opus luculente.
Origins
Inherited from Proto-Italic *teksō, ultimately from either *tek- or *teḱ-. There are multiple separate possible explanations for the exact development of the word: * Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *tḗtḱ-ti. The outcome of word-internal *-tḱ- in Latin is unclear, but a development to -s- is also seen in ursus. * Perhaps from *téḱ-s-ti or *ték-s-ti, an s-present from *tek- (“to weave”). There are other s-presents throughout the Indo-European family, such as Hittite 𒁖𒆠𒅖𒍣 (ták-ki-iš-zi /tákkišzi/, “to arrange, prepare”) and Middle High German dehsen (“to break flax”). The reconstruction of *ték- with a plain velar is somewhat tentative; the only conclusive evidence pointing to it is Old Armenian թեքեմ (tʻekʻem, “to bend; to fashion, forge”), whereas other data is consistent with *teḱ-. Compare Ancient Greek τίκτω (tíktō), Sanskrit ताष्टि (tā́ṣṭi), and Old High German tāht (“wick”).
Descendants
- Catalanteixir
- Englishtext
- Englishtissue
- Italiantessere
- Occitantéisser
- Frenchtîtrefrom Old French tistre
- Frenchtisserfrom Old French tistre
- Portuguesetecerfrom Old Galician-Portuguese tecer
- Romanianțese, țesere
- Sardiniantèssere