praetextam
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Whitaker's Words:
praetext.am VPAR 3 1 ACC S F PERF PASSIVE PPL praetexo, praetexere, praetexui, praetextus V (3rd) [XXXDX] lesser weave in front, fringe; cloak (with); pretend; praetexo, praetexere, praetexui, praetextus V (3rd) TRANS [XXXDS] lesser border; adorn; D:tragedy; praetext.am N 1 1 ACC S F praetexta, praetextae N (1st) F [XXXDX] lesser toga bordered with purple worn by children over 16 and magistrates; praetext.am ADJ 1 1 ACC S F POS praetextus, praetexta, praetextum ADJ [XXXDX] lesser bordered; wearing a toga ~; [toga ~ => high magistrate's purple bordered toga]