retectus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of retegō.

Participle

retēctus (feminine retēcta, neuter retēctum); first/second-declension participle

  1. uncovered

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

  • retectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • retectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • retectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.