tectus

== Latin == === Etymology === Perfect passive participle of tegō (“cover; shelter”). === Participle === tēctus (feminine tēcta, neuter tēctum, comparative tectior); first/second-declension participle Covered, concealed, hidden; having been covered, hidden or concealed Sheltered, protected, guarded, defended; having been sheltered, protected, guarded or defended covered as in roofed; having been covered, roofed Reserved, cautious, secretive ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: tecte English: tect === References === “tectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “tectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "tectus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “tectus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.