praetextus
τραχὺς ἐντεῦθεν μελάμπυγός τε τοῖς ἐχθροῖς ἅπασιν → he is a tough black-arse towards his enemies, he is a veritable Heracles towards his enemies
Latin > English
praetextus praetexta, praetextum ADJ :: bordered; wearing a toga ~; [toga ~ => high magistrate's purple bordered toga]
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
praetextus: a, um, Part. and P. a., from praetexo.
praetextus: ūs (but found only in
I abl. sing.; cf. praetextum, s. v. praetexo fin.), m. praetexo.
I Outward appearance, show, ornament, display, splendor, consequence (post-Aug.): majore praetextu, Tac. H. 1, 19: praetextu senatūs, id. ib. 1, 76: plurimorum et maximorum operum praetextu, Val. Max. 4, 4, 1; Manil. 3, 129. —
II A pretence, pretext, color (not anteAug.): decretum sub leni praetextu verborum factum est, Liv. 36, 6, 5: sub praetextu, Petr. 97: hoc praetextu, under this pretence, Just. 29, 3: latrocinii, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 10, 8.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) prætextus,¹² a, um, part. p. de prætexo || adjt, vêtu de la robe prétexte : Prop. 4, 1, 11.
(2) prætextŭs,¹⁵ ūs, m.,
1 action de mettre devant [fig.], prétexte ; sub prætextu Petr. 97, 9, sous couleur, cf. Liv. 36, 6, 5
2 éclat, représentation : Tac. *H. 1, 13 ; Val. Max. 4, 4, 1, v. prætextum.
Latin > German (Georges)
praetextus, Abl. ū, m. (praetexo), I) der Schmuck, die Zierde, der Glanz, das Ansehen, der Hoheitsschimmer, Val. Max. 4, 4, 1. Tac. hist. 1, 19. Manil. 3, 129 (131). – II) der Vorwand, sub levi verborum praetextu, Liv.: sub praetextu quaestionis, Petron.: praetextu verborum adhibito, Lampr.: hoc praetextu, Iustin.
