tectum
See also: tecum
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin tēctum (“roof”), from tegō (“I cover”), cognate with Ancient Greek τέγος (tégos, “roof; any covered room of a house”). Doublet of tect.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tectum (plural tecta)
- (neuroanatomy) The dorsal portion of the midbrain of vertebrates; in mammals, containing the superior colliculus and inferior colliculus
- The interconnected outer surface of a spore.
Derived terms edit
See also edit
References edit
- Bear et al. Neuroscience, Exploring the Brain Co. 2001, Lippincot Williams and Wilkins
- “tectum”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From tegō (“I cover”), cognate with Ancient Greek τέγος (tégos, “roof; any covered room of a house”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈteːk.tum/, [ˈt̪eːkt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtek.tum/, [ˈt̪ɛkt̪um]
Noun edit
tēctum n (genitive tēctī); second declension
- roof, ceiling
- canopy
- refuge, shelter
- Synonyms: perfugium, asȳlum, refugium, receptāculum, latebra, dēverticulum
- (figuratively) house, dwelling, abode
- Synonyms: domus, domicilium, habitātiō
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tēctum | tēcta |
| Genitive | tēctī | tēctōrum |
| Dative | tēctō | tēctīs |
| Accusative | tēctum | tēcta |
| Ablative | tēctō | tēctīs |
| Vocative | tēctum | tēcta |
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Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Aragonese: teito
- Asturian: techu, teitu, teichu, tichu, techo, texu
- Corsican: tettu
- Dalmatian: tiát
- English: tect, tectum
- Franco-Provençal: têt
- French: toit
- Friulian: tet
- Galician: teito
- Guinea-Bissau Creole: tetu
- Italian: tetto
- Ladin: tet
- Lombard: tecc, teit
- Occitan: tech
- Old French: toit, teit
- Old Galician-Portuguese: teito
- Piedmontese: tèit
- → Portuguese: teto
- Romansch: tetg, tet
- Sicilian: tettu
- Spanish: techo
- Walloon: toet
References edit
- “tectum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tectum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tactum in Dizionario Latino, Olivetti.
- tectum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to enter the house: tectum subire
- to enter the house: tectum subire