praetextus
ὑμῖν ἔξεστι εὐδαίμοσι γενέσθαι → to you it is permitted to be joyful, it is permitted to be happy, it is permitted to be fortunate, vobis licet esse beatis
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.
Latin > English
praetextus praetexta, praetextum ADJ :: bordered; wearing a toga ~; [toga ~ => high magistrate's purple bordered toga]
