English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin tēctōrium

Noun edit

tectorium (plural tectoria)

  1. (anatomy) A covering.
  2. (anatomy) The tectorial membrane that covers the cochlear duct.

Related terms edit

Latin edit

Etymology edit

Shortening of opus tēctōrium, from tēctor +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tēctōrium n (genitive tēctōriī or tēctōrī); second declension

  1. a covering, cover
  2. plaster, stucco, fresco-painting, a wash for walls
  3. (of speech) flattery

Declension edit

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tēctōrium tēctōria
Genitive tēctōriī
tēctōrī1
tēctōriōrum
Dative tēctōriō tēctōriīs
Accusative tēctōrium tēctōria
Ablative tēctōriō tēctōriīs
Vocative tēctōrium tēctōria

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References edit

  • tectorius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tectorium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • tēctōrius in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung