tectum Latin · revision 6846

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈteːk.tũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈtɛk.tum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''tēctum''' ''n'' (genitive tēctī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the neuter of [[m|la|tēctus]], the participle of [[tegō]] “to cover”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008) ''Tegō'' goes back to [[ine-pro|*(s)teg-|t=to cover]], and is cognate with [[grc|τέγος|tr=tégos|t=roof]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus, whose character says he will climb up onto the roof.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a roof, as the roof and tiles blown off a farmhouse in Plautus' ''Rudens'', and a ceiling.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) By extension it meant a roofed building, a house or dwelling, as Ennius' household gods who care for our home.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Medieval Latin it was a roof, ceiling or vault, figuratively the sky, and ''sub tēctō'' meant secretly.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''tetto'', French ''toit'' and Spanish ''techo''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of a home.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of a roof.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|roof]]; a ceiling.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # A house, [[m|en|dwelling]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[tēctulum]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tēctūra]]

+ * [[tegō]]

+ * [[tēgula]]

+ * [[toga]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}