Oxford Latin Dictionary
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tegere to cover
tegere is a Latin Verb that primarily means to cover.
Definitions for tegere
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
cover, hide, protect
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To place a covering over, cover; to close the eyes (in sleep). (b) to cover (with earth); to bury.
- 2
To cover with a roof, roof over; to place as a roof or covering. (b) Sartus ~ctus (usu. neut. pl. w. ellipdis of sb. in ref. to the maintenance of public buildings), repaired and roofed. (c) to shelter under a roof.
- 3
To cover (with clothing), clothe.
- 4
(of shields, defence-works, etc.) To shield, protect. (b) (of persons). (c) latus ~gere (app.), to go on the left or undefended side of a person (as a mark of respect), escort; to flank. (d) to protect, shelter (from wind, storms).
- 5
(transf. or fig.) To act in defence of, guard, protect.
Sentences with tegere
Latin to English
Tota teguntur Pergama dumetis: etiam periere ruinae.Compare All Pergamum is covered with thorn bushes: even its ruins have perished.
Libera fortunae mors est; capit omnia tellus, quae genuit; caelo tegitur, qui non habet urnam.Compare Death is free from fortune's sway; the earth takes back all she gave birth to; the sky covers the man who had no burial urn.
Armat spina rosas, mella tegunt apes. crescunt difficili gaudia iurgo accenditque magis, quae refugit, Venus. quod flenti tuleris, plus sapit osculum. [Fescennina de nuptiis Honorii Augusti, IV,10]Compare Thorns arm the rose and bees find a defense for their honey. The refusals of coyness do but increase the joy; the desire for that which flies us is the more inflamed; sweeter is the kiss snatched through tears.
Casa mos Gallicus stramentum tego.Compare The huts had been covered with thatch after the manner of the Gauls.
Ego esse quicquam sceptra nisi vano putem fulgore tectum nomen et falso comam vinclo decentem?Compare Should I count sovereignty anything but a name bedecked with empty glamor, a brow adorned with a lying coronet?
Conjugation table for tegere
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| tegō tegis tegit tegimus tegitis tegunt | tegēbam tegēbās tegēbat tegēbāmus tegēbātis tegēbant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| tēxī tēxistī tēxit tēximus tēxistis tēxērunt / tēxēre | tēxeram tēxerās tēxerat tēxerāmus tēxerātis tēxerant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| tegam tegēs teget tegēmus tegētis tegent | tēxerō tēxeris tēxerit tēxerimus tēxeritis tēxerint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| tegam tegās tegat tegāmus tegātis tegant | tegerem tegerēs tegeret tegerēmus tegerētis tegerent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| tēxerim tēxeris tēxerit tēxerimus tēxeritis tēxerint | tēxissem tēxissēs tēxisset tēxissēmus tēxissētis tēxissent |
Infinitive present tegere Infinitive perfect tēxisse Infinitive future tēctūrum esse | Imperative present tege tegite Imperative future tegitō tegitō tegitōte teguntō |
| PASSIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| tegor tegeris tegitur tegimur tegiminī teguntur | tegēbar tegēbāris / tegēbāre tegēbātur tegēbāmur tegēbāminī tegēbantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| tēctus sum tēctus es tēctus est tēctī sumus tēctī estis tēctī sunt | tēctus eram tēctus erās tēctus erat tēctī erāmus tēctī erātis tēctī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| tegar tegēris / tegēre tegētur tegēmur tegēminī tegentur | tēctus erō tēctus eris tēctus erit tēctī erimus tēctī eritis tēctī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| tegar tegāris / tegāre tegātur tegāmur tegāminī tegantur | tegerer tegerēris / tegerēre tegerētur tegerēmur tegerēminī tegerentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| tēctus sim tēctus sīs tēctus sit tēctī sīmus tēctī sītis tēctī sint | tēctus essem tēctus essēs tēctus esset tēctī essēmus tēctī essētis tēctī essent |
Infinitive present tegī Infinitive perfect tēctum esse Infinitive future tēctum īrī | Imperative present tegere tegiminī Imperative future tegitor tegitor - teguntor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | tegēns | tegentēs |
| Gen. | tegentis | tegentium |
| Dat. | tegentī | tegentibus |
| Acc. | tegentem | tegentēs |
| Abl. | tegente | tegentibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | tēctūrus | tēctūrī |
| Gen. | tēctūrī | tēctūrōrum |
| Dat. | tēctūrō | tēctūrīs |
| Acc. | tēctūrum | tēctūrōs |
| Abl. | tēctūrō | tēctūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | tēctus | tēctī |
| Gen. | tēctī | tēctōrum |
| Dat. | tēctō | tēctīs |
| Acc. | tēctum | tēctōs |
| Abl. | tēctō | tēctīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | tegendus | tegendī |
| Gen. | tegendī | tegendōrum |
| Dat. | tegendō | tegendīs |
| Acc. | tegendum | tegendōs |
| Abl. | tegendō | tegendīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | tegere | tēctum |
| Gen. | tegendī | tēctū |
| Dat. | tegendō | |
| Acc. | tegendum | |
| Abl. | tegendō | |
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): 1910.
- 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.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "tegō, tegere, tēxī, tēctum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 25, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/tego-tegere-texi-tectum.
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Wheelock's Latin
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