verb transitive

ob-texo

2nd PP ob-texere · 3rd PP ob-texŭi · conj. 3rd

(post-Aug.).

To weave to; over •

To weave to or over any thing: papilio fila araneosa alarum lanugine obtexit, Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 65.—

To weave over; to overspread; cover by extension ••

To weave over, i. e. to overspread, cover with any thing: caelum obtexitur umbrā, Verg. A. 11, 611: per nubes caelum aliud obtexens, Plin. 2, 38, 38, § 104: jaculis obtexitur aër, Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 1, 258.—Transf.: excusationes obtexere avaritiae suae, Ambros. in Luc. 8, § 78: sol nubibus obtexitur, id. Ep. 5, 4.

Perseus ID: n31966 Key: obtexo