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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Lucretius|origins=ine-pro *teḱ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''textus''' ''m'' (genitive textūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[texō]] “to weave” with the suffix of action nouns [[-tus]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) ⟨Texō⟩ is from [[ine-pro|*teḱ-|t=to fashion, make]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Lucretius, whom he dates 96–55 BC, and Lewis and Short cite Lucretius' ''haec sunt tenuia textū'' “these are fine in texture”.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lewis and Short call it poetic and post-Augustan.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It meant the pattern or style of weaving, a woven fabric, plaited work, as in Pliny, and a structure, the way parts fit together, in Epicurean philosophy the conformation of atoms.^(OLD 2012) In Quintilian it was used of the fabric of words, the body of a passage.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant context, text.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it of the text or wording of a speech or writing, a charter, and a Gospel book.^(Niermeyer 1976) Medieval Latin ''textus'' “the Scriptures” passed through Old French ''texte'' into [[en|text]] in the late 14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of texture.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny uses it of weaving and structure.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it of a passage of words.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''text'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A style of weaving; a woven fabric; plaited work.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Structure, [[m|en|texture]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # The body of a passage, [[m|en|text]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A charter; a Gospel book.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[texō]]

+ * [[textilis]]

+ * [[textor]]

+ * [[textōrius]]

+ * [[textrīnus]]

+ * [[textrīx]]

+ * [[textum]]

+ * [[textūra]]

+ * [[en|text]]

+ * [[en|texture]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Textus, -a, -um'' is also the perfect participle of ''texō'', “woven”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}