texo

texō, texuī, textus, 3, a.: to weave; to build cunningly; form, fashion, fabricate, construct, 2.186; make intricate movements, interweave, 5.593; p., textus, a, um, woven, constructed, made, 5.589.

texo, xui, xtum (inf. paragog. texier, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 69 (797)), 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. 285: 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 (796): 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 post-Aug. 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.

texo, texuī, textam, ere (altind. takšati, zimmert, griech. τεκτοσύνη), I) weben, flechten, A) webend verfertigen, telam, Ter. (und so im Bilde, ea tela texitur, ein solches Gewebe wird angezettelt = so etwas ist im Werke, Cic. de or. 3, 226): vestem, Tibull.: tegumenta corporum vel texta vel suta, Cic.: textus amictus, Sen. poët.: texta purpura, Mart. – v. der Spinne, quasi rete, Cic.: texens aranea telam, Catull.: in vacuo texetur aranea lecto, Prop.: absol., texere a medio incipit (araneus), Plin.: sereno non texunt, nubilo texunt, Plin. – bildl., amor patriae, quod tua texuerunt scripta, retexit opus, macht das zunichte, was deine Schriften in mir gestiftet hatten, macht den von dir gegebenen Trost zunichte, Ov. ex Pont. 1, 3, 30. – B) flechtend u. übtr. übh. zusammenfügend verfertigen, flechten, verfertigen, bauen, errichten, piscinam, Verg.: naves, Verg.: crates, Hor.: tabernacula od. tecta arundine, Liv.: fiscellas iunco, Hieron.: casas ex arundine, Liv.: rosam (Rosenkränze), Prop.: saepem, Verg.: basilicam in medio foro, Cic.: pyram, Prud. – bildl., sermones longos, Plaut.: epistulas cotidianis verbis, abfassen, Cic. u. so historiam, Sidon. u. Oros. – II) = einweben, vos in tunicis aurum texitis, Hieron. vit. Paulin. § 17: in quarum vestibus attenuata in filum auri metalla texuntur, Hieron. epist. 22, 16. – ➳ Parag. Infin. texier, Plaut. trin. 797.

texō, (11) texŭī, textum, ĕre, tr., ¶ 1 tisser : telam Ter. Haut. 285, ourdir une toile ; [fig.] Cic. de Or. 3, 226, ourdir une trame ; tegumenta corporum texta Cic. Nat. 2, 150, vêtements de corps tissés, cf. Cic. Nat. 2, 123 ; Catul. 68, 49 ; Prop. 3, 6, 33 ¶ 2 tresser : [un brancard, une corbeille] Virg. En. 11, 65 ; G. 1, 266 ; [des claies] Hor. Epo. 2, 45, cf. Ov. F. 6, 262 || entrelacer [des fleurs] : Ov. M. 10, 123, cf. Prop. 3, 3, 36 || faire, construire en entrelaçant : [des haies] Virg. G. 2, 371 ; [des nids] Quint. 2, 16, 16 ; Plin. 30, 89 || construire, bâtir : basilicam Cic. Att. 4, 16, 14, construire une basilique, cf. Virg. En. 11, 326 ; Plin. 13, 72 ¶ 3 [fig.] quod tua texuerant scripta Ov. P. 1, 3, 28, lʼœuvre de ta lettre (les consolations quʼelle mʼavait tressées, formulées) || sermones Pl. Trin. 797, entrelacer, échanger des propos ; epistulas cottidianis verbis Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 1, composer les lettres en langage usuel, avec les mots journaliers, cf. Cic. Q. 3, 5, 1.

➳ inf. pass. texier Pl. Trin. 792.

texo , is, xui, xtum, ere. 3.
織。辮。造。作文。盖。

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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.