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tectus
tectus
Latin
Participle
tēctus m (feminine tēcta, neuter tēctum); first/second declension
- Covered, concealed, hidden, having been covered, hidden or concealed.
- Sheltered, protected, guarded, defended, having been sheltered, protected, guarded or defended; roofed.
- Reserved, cautious, secretive.
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | tēctus | tēcta | tēctum | tēctī | tēctae | tēcta | |
| genitive | tēctī | tēctae | tēctī | tēctōrum | tēctārum | tēctōrum | |
| dative | tēctō | tēctō | tēctīs | ||||
| accusative | tēctum | tēctam | tēctum | tēctōs | tēctās | tēcta | |
| ablative | tēctō | tēctā | tēctō | tēctīs | |||
| vocative | tēcte | tēcta | tēctum | tēctī | tēctae | tēcta | |
Descendants
References
- tectus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tectus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- TECTUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “tectus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to set fire to houses: ignem tectis inferre, subicere
- to welcome to one's house (opp. to shut one's door against some one): tecto, (in) domum suam aliquem recipere (opp. prohibere aliquem tecto, domo)
- to invite some one to one's house: invitare aliquem tecto ac domo or domum suam (Liv. 3. 14. 5)
- to set fire to houses: ignem tectis inferre, subicere