tecte
See also: tečte
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈteːk.te/, [ˈt̪eːkt̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtek.te/, [ˈt̪ɛkt̪e]
Participle edit
tēcte
References edit
- “tecte”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tecte”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Middle English edit
Etymology edit
From the Latin tectus (“covered”), the perfect passive participle of tegō (“I cover”).
Adjective edit
tecte
- covered, tect
- circa 1440, Palladius [aut.], unknown tr., and M. Liddell [ed.], The Middle-English Translation of Palladius’ ‘De Re Rustica’ (1896; original Latin title: Opus Agriculturae; original Middle English title: Palladius on Husbondrie), vi:180⁽¹⁾ and viii:79⁽²⁾
- ⁽¹⁾ At Mayes eende a solar is to paue,
And rather not, lest frostis hit enfecte;
A double cours of boording first hit haue…
With chaf or fern this boordis do be tecte. - ⁽²⁾ The tuppe is chosun fair of altitude, ywombe side, & tecte in whitest wolle.
- ⁽¹⁾ At Mayes eende a solar is to paue,
- circa 1440, Palladius [aut.], unknown tr., and M. Liddell [ed.], The Middle-English Translation of Palladius’ ‘De Re Rustica’ (1896; original Latin title: Opus Agriculturae; original Middle English title: Palladius on Husbondrie), vi:180⁽¹⁾ and viii:79⁽²⁾
Descendants edit
- English: tect
References edit
- “tecte (adj.)” listed in the Middle English Dictionary [2001]