tegula Latin · revision 6627

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈteː.ɡʊ.ɫa]^(Wiktionary)

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''tēgula''' ''f'' (genitive tēgulae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[tegō]] “to cover” with the suffix -ula, from [[ine-pro|*(s)teg-|t=to cover]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero, whom he dates 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a roof tile, and in the plural a tiled roof, as in Cicero and Livy.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Tacitus it meant a facing tile for walls.^(OLD 2012) Gaffiot also gives a hollow tile on which meat was roasted.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Medieval Latin it was a tile for roofs, walls or paving.^(DMLBS) It survives in Portuguese ''telha'' and Spanish ''teja'', and Italian ''tegola''.^(Wiktionary) It was borrowed early into Germanic, giving Old English ''tigele'', the source of [[en|tile]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of roof tiles.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses the plural of a roof.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of wall tiles.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 14th century – English ''tile'' is recorded, from Old English ''tigele''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A roof [[m|en|tile]], (plural) a tiled [[m|en|roof]].^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # A facing tile for walls.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[tēgulārius]]

+ * [[tēgulīcius]]

+ * [[tegulum]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tegō]]

+ * [[tēctum]]

+ * [[en|tile]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}