retexo
retexo, to unweave, unravel
Frieze-Dennison Vergil
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retexta perfect passive participle neuter accusative plural, perfect passive participle neuter nominative plural, perfect passive participle neuter vocative plural, perfect passive participle feminine ablative singular, perfect passive participle feminine nominative singular, perfect passive participle feminine vocative singular of retexo
- To unweave, unravel what has been woven (class.).
- A Lit.: quasi Penelope telam retexens, Cic. Ac. 2 (Luc.), 29, 95: tela retexta dolo, Ov. Am. 3, 9, 30: telas, Stat. S. 3, 5, 9.—
- 2 Poet., transf., of other things: nec (corpora possunt) retexi, be decomposed, Lucr. 1, 529; so, umorem maris (sol), id. 5, 267: luna quater plenum tenuata retexuit orbem, i. e. lessened or diminished again, Ov. M. 7, 531.—
- B Trop., to break up, cancel, annul, reverse (cf.: resolvo, rescindo): multa quaerendo reperiunt non modo ea, quae jam non possint ipsi dissolvere, sed etiam quibus ante exorsa et potius detexta prope retexantur, Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 158: superiora (novi timores), id. Fam. 11, 14, 3: istius praeturam (opp. suam gerere), id. Verr. 2, 2, 26, § 63: illa (dicta), to take back, id. Fin. 5, 28, 84: orationem meam, to alter, change, id. Phil. 2, 13, 32: scriptorum quaeque, to revise, correct, Hor. S. 2, 3, 2: opus, Ov. P. 1, 3, 30; id. R. Am. 12: retegens caelum terque ora retexens, Stat. S. 5, 3, 29: jura, Manil. 4, 214: calumniae textum, Ap. Apol. p. 313, 38: an, quod adulescens praestiti, id nunc commutem ac me ipse retexam? and fashion myself anew, metamorphose myself, Masius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 5.—
- II To weave again or anew; to renew, repeat (poet.; not ante-Aug.). — Trop.: properata retexite fata, i.e. call back to life, Ov. M. 10, 31: inde retro redeunt, idemque retexitur ordo, id. ib. 15, 249; cf. Verg. A. 12, 763.—
- B To repeat, relate again, narrate: oro, mater, ordine mihi singula retexe, Ap. Met. 9, 17, 11; so, orationem, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 6; Claud. B. Gild. 325; Aus. Idyll. 10, 298.
I ¶ 1 défaire un tissu, détisser : Cic. Ac. 2, 95 ; Ov. Am. 3, 9, 30 ; Stat. S. 3, 5, 9 || [poét.] décomposer, désagréger : Lucr. 1, 529 ; 5, 267 ¶ 2 [fig.] prendre le contrepied de : Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 63 ; Sen. Ep. 94, 68 ; orationem Cic. Phil. 2, 32, dicta Cic. Fin. 5, 84, revenir sur ce quʼon a dit ; se Matius d. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 5, renier son passé, devenir un autre homme ; scripta Hor. S. 2, 3, 2, défaire ce quʼon a écrit, corriger.
II tisser de nouveau ; [fig.] refaire, recommencer : Virg. En. 12, 763 ; Ov. M. 10, 31 ; 15, 249 || raconter de nouveau : Apul. M. 9, 17.
- 1. weer uithalen, lostornen; ➤ Penelope telam retexens; (metaf.) luna orbem retexuit nam af;
- 2. (metaf.) ongeldig, ongedaan maken, herroepen [orationem; opus; praeturam; superiora];
- 3. omwerken, veranderen [scripta; se zich tot een ander mens maken];
- 4. (poët.) opnieuw weven, hernieuwen, herhalen [Eurydices properata fata Eurydice in het leven terugroepen].
拆所織。拆。更改。— se ipsum 認錯。— orationem 復修文。— Penelopes telam 作將拆之工。
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- to unweave, unravel: telam: tela retexta dolo, O.: Luna, retexuit orbem, i e. diminished again, O.—Fig., to undo, cancel, annul, reverse: novi timores retexunt superiora: illa (dicta), take back: orationem, alter: scriptorum quaeque, correct, H.: opus, O.—To weave anew, renew, repeat.—Fig.: properata retexite fata, i. e. revive, O.: orbīs cursu, V.