praetexta Latin · revision 32423

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 180–102 BC, Lucilius|origins=ine-pro *teḱ-s-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [prae̯ˈtɛk.sta]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [preˈtɛk.sta]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''praetexta''' ''f'' (genitive praetextae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ Used as a noun, it is the feminine participle [[der|la|praetexō|t=to border, fringe]], with [[m|la|toga]] or [[m|la|fābula|t=play]] understood.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan lists it under [[m|la|texō|t=to weave]], which he traces to [[itc-pro|*tekse/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*teḱ-s-|t=to fashion]], comparing [[sa|तक्षति|tr=tákṣati|t=to fashion]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Lucilius, who mentions bordered togas and Lydian tunics.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the toga with a purple border worn by curule magistrates and by freeborn children: Cicero speaks of someone loved when he was still in the bordered toga, that is, as a boy.^(OLD 2012) Varro uses it of a serious play on a Roman historical subject, the fābula praetexta, named after the dress its actors wore.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius of the bordered toga.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of a Roman historical play.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a boy in the bordered toga.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The ''toga praetexta'', a [[m|en|toga]] with a purple border, worn by curule magistrates and by freeborn children.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(drama)'' A serious play on a Roman historical subject.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[praetexo|alt=praetexō]]

+ * [[toga]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}