tectum

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English

WOTD – 11 May 2006

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛk.təm/
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Noun

tectum (plural tecta)

  1. (neuroanatomy) The dorsal portion of the midbrain of vertebrates; in mammals, containing the superior colliculus and inferior colliculus
  2. The interconnected outer surface of a spore.

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References

  • Bear et al. Neuroscience, Exploring the Brain Co. 2001, Lippincot Williams and Wilkins
  • “tectum”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Latin

Etymology

From tegō (“I cover”), cognate with Ancient Greek τέγος (tégos, “roof; any covered room of a house”).

If cognacy with Umbrian tettome (acc. sg. with postposition) is accepted, one can reconstruct Proto-Italic *tektom.

Pronunciation

Noun

tēctum n (genitive tēctī); second declension

  1. roof, ceiling
  2. canopy
  3. refuge, shelter
    Synonyms: perfugium, asȳlum, refugium, receptāculum, latebra, dēverticulum
  4. (figuratively) house, dwelling, abode
    Synonyms: domus, domicilium, habitātiō

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative tēctum tēcta
genitive tēctī tēctōrum
dative tēctō tēctīs
accusative tēctum tēcta
ablative tēctō tēctīs
vocative tēctum tēcta

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References

  • “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, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to enter the house: tectum subire
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