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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tēctōrium.
Noun
tectorium (plural tectoria)
- (anatomy) A covering.
- (anatomy) The tectorial membrane that covers the cochlear duct.
Latin
Etymology
Shortening of opus tēctōrium, from tēctor + -ius.
Pronunciation
Noun
tēctōrium n (genitive tēctōriī or tēctōrī); second declension
- a covering, cover
- plaster, stucco, fresco-painting, a wash for walls
- (of speech) flattery
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “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