tegulum

== Latin == === Etymology === From tegō +‎ -ulum. Compare and contrast Latin tēgula (“tile”), which appears to be an older formation. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtɛ.ɡʊ.ɫũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtɛː.ɡu.lum] === Noun === tegulum n (genitive tegulī); second declension covering, roof, thatch ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Derived terms ==== tegillum === References === “tegulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers