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per-texo , xui, xtum, 3, v. a.
I. Lit.
A. To weave throughout, weave entirely: “palla bysso tenui pertexta, i. e. byssina,” App. M. 11, p. 258, 21.—
B. To interweave, i. e. to furnish, decorate, adorn with any thing: “Odeum, quod Pericles navium malis et antennis pertexuit,” Vitr. 5, 9 init. dub. (al. pertexit).—
II. Trop., to go through with, perform, accomplish: “inceptum dictis,” Lucr. 6, 42: “locum,” Cic. Att. 1, 14, 3: “pertexe modo quod exorsus es,” id. de Or. 2, 33, 145.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (4):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 1.14.3
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 5.9
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.33
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 6.42
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