tectorium Latin · revision 36804

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cato|origins=la tegō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [teːkˈtoː.ri.ũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [tekˈtɔː.ri.um]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''tēctōrium''' ''n'' (genitive tēctōriī or tēctōrī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[der|la|tēctōrius|t=of plaster, of covering]] used as a noun, with [[m|la|opus|t=work]] understood.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The adjective is formed on [[m|la|tegō|t=to cover]].^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cato uses it in its general sense of a covering.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ From Varro and Cicero on it is chiefly the plaster or stucco of walls and ceilings, and in the plural pieces of plasterwork.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Juvenal uses it satirically for a paste of flour that women spread on the face to keep the complexion.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Persius gave it a figurative sense, the smooth coating of flattering words, and Augustine echoes him.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it for a covering.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro speaks of walls and vaults coated with plaster.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it for plasterwork.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 34–62 AD – Persius uses it for the “plaster” of flattery.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 67–c. 127 AD – Juvenal uses it for a face pack.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 354–430 AD – Augustine imitates Persius' figurative use.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A covering, cover.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|plaster|alt=Plaster]], [[m|en|stucco]]; a wash or [[m|en|fresco]] painting on a wall;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) ''(plural)'' pieces of plasterwork.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # A paste of flour put on the face as a [[m|en|cosmetic]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(figurative)'' Smooth words, [[m|en|flattery]]: ''pictae tectōria linguae'', “the plaster of a painted tongue” (Persius 5.25).^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[tectōriolum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}