Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1909.tēctum on page 1909
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tēctum roof
tēctum is a Latin Noun that primarily means roof.
Definitions for tēctum
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
roof, house
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A roof. (b) a ceiling. (c) (in phrs. w. sub, implying the whole building); sub uno ~o, under one roof, i.e. in the same building; sub ~o, ~is (also) under cover, indoors; sim., sub ~um.
- 2
A roofed building, house, dwelling. (b) a (rough or improvised) shelter.
Sentences with tēctum
Latin to English
Fuge magna: licet sub paupere tecto reges et regum vita praecurrere amicos.Compare Flee grandeur: under a humble roof you may life a far happier life than kings and kings' friends.
Auream quisquis mediocritatem diligit tutus caret obsoleti sordibus tecti, caret invidenda sobrius alta.Compare Who so loves well the golden mean avoids the squalor of a ruinous hovel and is safe, is sober and avoid the palace that attracts envy.
Hoc erat in votis: modus agri non ita magnus, hortus ubi et tecto vicinus iugis aquae fons et paulum silvae super his foret.Compare This used to be among my prayers - a portion of land not so very large, but which should contain a garden, and near the homestead a spring of ever-flowing water, and a bit of forest to complete it.
Romani non via tantum, sed tectum etiam proximus porta occupo.Compare The Romans had occupied not only the streets, but also the houses nearest the gate.
Declension table for tēctum
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | tēctum | tēcta |
| Gen. | tēctī | tēctōrum |
| Dat. | tēctō | tēctīs |
| Acc. | tēctum | tēcta |
| Abl. | tēctō | tēctīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 488.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1909.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 123.
Bibliography
Allen, Joseph H. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on Comparative Grammar. Edited by James B. Greenough, George L. Kittredge, Albert A. Howard, and Benjamin L. D'Ooge. Boston, MA: Ginn & Company, 1903.
Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.
Pierson, Nick. "Sound of Text." Accessed October 26, 2019. https://soundoftext.com.
Wheelock, Frederick M. Wheelock's Latin. 6th ed. Revised by Richard A. LaFleur. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.
Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "tēctum, tēctī (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/tectum-tecti.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 488.on page 488
