teges Latin · revision 36217

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 235–200 BC, Naevius|origins=ine-pro *(s)teg-e/o-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''teges''' ''f'' (genitive tegetis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|tegō|-es|t1=to cover]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Georges 1913) Wiktionary notes the suffix ⟨-t-⟩, also found in [[m|la|hebes|t=blunt]].^(Wiktionary) De Vaan reconstructs [[itc-pro|*tege-t-|t=covering]], from the root of ⟨tegō⟩, which goes back to [[ine-pro|*(s)teg-e/o-|t=to cover]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|στέγω|tr=stégō|t=to keep off, keep in]], [[grc|τέγος|tr=tégos|t=roof]], [[sga|teg|t=house]] and [[lt|stógas|t=roof]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan, Köbler and Conte date it from a comedy of Naevius.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a mat of rushes or similar material, used to lie on or as a covering.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Varro lists mats among the things made of hemp, flax, rush, palm and bulrush, and it occurs in Propertius, Columella, Pliny the Elder, Martial and Juvenal.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010) Varro also has the diminutive ''tegetīcula''.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ Medieval Latin used it for a roof and for a building.^(Niermeyer 1976) British writers used it for a covering or thatch, which an Old English gloss renders by a word for thatch, and for a shed or hut; glossaries also list it among words for a brothel.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius uses it in a comedy.^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro lists mats made of rush and palm.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 57/46–12 BC – Propertius uses it.^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 40–102/103 AD – Martial uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|mat]] of rushes or similar material, for lying on or as a covering.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|roof]]; a building.^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' [[m|en|thatch|alt=Thatch]]; a shed, [[m|en|hut]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[tegetarius]]

+ * [[tegeticula]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tegō]]

+ * [[tēctum]]

+ * [[toga]]

+ * [[tēgula]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}