verb transitive

dētexo

2nd PP dē-texere · 3rd PP dē-texŭi · 4th PP dē-textum · conj. 3rd

to weave off, to finish; make by weaving, to weave, plait poetic

to weave off, to finish or make by weaving, to weave, plait (mostly poet.).

inter decem annos unam togam, Titin. ap. Non. 406, 19; cf.: ad detexundam… literal ••

Lit.: inter decem annos unam togam, Titin. ap. Non. 406, 19; cf.: ad detexundam telam, Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 7: vestimentum, Dig. 32, 1, 70, § 11.— Comic.: pallium (qs. to take it from the loom), to steal, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 138: aliquid viminibus mollique junco, Verg. E. 2, 72; cf.: fiscellam vimine junci, Tib. 2, 3, 15.—

to explain, describe, complete, finish figuratively •

Trop., to explain, describe, complete, finish: (lacteus) non perpetuum detexens conficit orbem, Cic. Arat. 250: te ab summo jam detexam exordio, Poët. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 27, 42; cf.: ante exorsa et potius detexta prope retexantur, Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 158: at modo coeptum detexatur opus, Aus. Edyll. 10, 411.

Perseus ID: n13531 Key: detexo