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praetego

praetego, to protect

Could not find praetexit in Logeion dictionaries.

praetexit Verb: perfect active indicative 3rd singular of praetego

praetexit Verb: present active indicative 3rd singular of praetexo

See praetexit in Morpho

prae-tĕgo, texi, tectum, 3, v. a.,
  • to cover over, to shelter, protect (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): cavo praetegit aere caput (al. protegit), Prop. 3, 12 (4, 13), 12: quae somnium (tuum) saxa praetexerint, i.e. the rocks that sheltered your repose, Plin. Pan. 15: praetecto capite, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 5, 112.—Trop.: vitia sua capillis et pallio, et (quod maximum est velamentum) divitiis praetegebat, Lact. 5, 2.

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