texo Latin · revision 3084

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=inherited|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *teḱ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈtɛk.soː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈtɛk.so]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''texō''' (present infinitive texere, perfect active texuī, supine textum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*tekse/o-]], [[inh|ine-pro|*teḱ-s-|t=to fashion]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Meiser takes it instead from a root *tek-s- seen in [[grc|τέχνη|tr=tékhnē|t=skill]], or from a present *te-tḱ- “to fashion”; the exact form is uncertain.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) [[tela|alt=tēla]] “web” comes from *teks-lā-.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ Cognate with [[sa|तक्षति|tr=tákṣati|t=fashions, hews]], [[grc|τέκτων|tr=téktōn|t=carpenter]] and [[hit|takš-|t=to devise, undertake]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Plautus onwards,^(de Vaan 2008) who speaks of “weaving words”.^(de Vaan 2008) Terence's young man finds his beloved “busily weaving at the loom”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to [[m|en|weave]] on a loom, and to plait baskets, wreaths and hedges, as in Virgil.^(OLD 2012) It also meant to build something with care, especially a ship, as in Ennius' “a fleet is quickly built”.^(OLD 2012) Virgil used it for the intricate movements of horsemen in the Trojan game.^(OLD 2012) Figuratively a plot was “woven”, as in Cicero.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Georges 1913)

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+ It survives as Italian ''tessere'', French ''tisser'', Spanish ''tejer'', Portuguese ''tecer'' and Romanian ''țese''.^(Wiktionary) English ''text'' comes from its derivative ''textus'' and ''tissue'' from Old French ''tissu'' “woven”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus speaks of weaving words.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it for building a fleet.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it for weaving at the loom.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it for plaiting hedges and for the movements of horsemen.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''text'' and ''tissue'' are first recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|weave]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To plait, intertwine.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To build, construct (with care).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To compose; to contrive.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Georges 1913)

+ # To weave (intricate movements).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[attexō]]

+ * [[circumtextus]]

+ * [[contexō]]

+ * [[distexo]]

+ * [[extexō]]

+ * [[intertexō]]

+ * [[intexō]]

+ * [[obtexō]]

+ * [[pertexō]]

+ * [[praetexō]]

+ * [[praetextātus]]

+ * [[retexō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tēla]]

+ * [[textus]]

+ * [[en|text]]

+ * [[en|textile]]

+ * [[en|tissue]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}