tego Latin · revision 3320

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *(s)teg-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈtɛ.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈtɛː.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''tegō''' (present infinitive tegere, perfect active tēxī, supine tēctum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*teg-e/o-|t=to cover]], [[inh|ine-pro|*(s)teg-e/o-|t=to cover]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) From the same root come [[toga]], originally “covering”, and [[tegula|alt=tēgula]] “tile”; the long vowel of [[m|la|tēctum]] is due to Lachmann's law.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ Cognate with [[sga|teg|t=house]], [[grc|στέγω|tr=stégō|t=to cover, keep off]], [[lt|stógas|t=roof]], [[sa|स्थगति|tr=sthágati|t=covers]] and [[non|þak|t=roof]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Plautus onwards,^(de Vaan 2008) who jokes that a man “covers himself entirely with his head”, like a mushroom.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to [[m|en|cover]], to roof over, as Cicero's roof over a party wall, and to clothe, as Plautus' “I have nothing to cover my back”.^(OLD 2012) Shields and defences were said to cover, that is, protect, soldiers, and figuratively it meant to protect, as Cicero's laws “protected by the authority of famous men”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ It also meant to hide or conceal, as Ennius' ambushers lying hidden.^(OLD 2012) From it came [[tectum|alt=tēctum]] “roof, house” and ''tegula'', the source of English ''tile''.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Etymonline) English ''protect'' comes from its compound ''protegere''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it for covering and clothing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it for hiding.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it for roofing and for protecting laws.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of huts roofed with straw.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English ''protect'' is first recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|cover]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To roof over.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To clothe.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To shield, [[m|en|protect]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To hide, conceal.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[circumtegō]]

+ * [[contegō]]

+ * [[dētegō]]

+ * [[distectus]]

+ * [[intectus]]

+ * [[integō]]

+ * [[obtegō]]

+ * [[pertegō]]

+ * [[praetegō]]

+ * [[prōtegō]]

+ * [[retegō]]

+ * [[sēmitectus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[toga]]

+ * [[tugurium]]

+ * [[tēctum]]

+ * [[tēgula]]

+ * [[en|protect]]

+ * [[en|tile]]

+ * [[en|thatch]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}