tectorium

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin tēctōrium. === Noun === tectorium (plural tectoria) (anatomy) A covering. (anatomy) The tectorial membrane that covers the cochlear duct. ==== Related terms ==== tectorial == Latin == === Etymology === Shortening of opus tēctōrium, from tēctor +‎ -ius. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [teːkˈtoː.ri.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [tekˈtɔː.ri.um] === 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