praetextus
Ῥίζα γὰρ πάντων τῶν κακῶν ἐστιν ἡ φιλαργυρία → Root of all the evils is the love of money (Radix omnium malorum est cupiditas)
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.
Latin > Chinese
praetextus, a, um. part. p. v. praetexo. :: Praetexta toga. v. praetexta. Augusto praetextum nomine templum 獻奥斯徳王廟。
praetextus, us. m. :: 推諉之故。名。奏凱之花紅。Majore praetextu 愈排塲。
