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circumtextus

circumtextus, woven around

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

circumtextus , a, um: woven round, 1.649. (circum and texō)
circum-textus, a, um, Part. [texo],
  • woven all around: velamen, Verg. A. 1, 649. —Subst.: circum-textum, i, n., a garment inwoven with purple: et quod amictui habet purpuram circum, vocant circumtextum, Varr. L. L. 5, § 132; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 24, 10.

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