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Latin
Pronunciation
Participle
tēcte
- vocative masculine singular of tēctus
References
- “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
Etymology
From the Latin tectus (“covered”), the perfect passive participle of tegō (“I cover”).
Adjective
tecte
- covered, tect
- circa 1440, Palladius , unknown tr., and M. Liddell , 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.
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