tecte

See also: tečte

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈteːk.te/, [ˈt̪eːkt̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtek.te/, [ˈt̪ɛkt̪e]

Participle

tēcte

1. vocative masculine singular of tēctus

References

• “tecte”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tecte”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Middle English

Etymology

From the Latin tectus (“covered”), the perfect passive participle of tegō (“I cover”).

Adjective

tecte

1. covered, tect
   • circa 1440, Palladius [aut.], unknown tr., and M. Liddell [ed.], The Middle-English Translation of Palladius’ ‘De Re Rustica’ (1896; original Latin title: Opus Agriculturae; original Middle English title: Palladius on Husbondrie), vi:180⁽¹⁾ and viii:79⁽²⁾

     ⁽¹⁾ At Mayes eende a solar is to paue,
     And rather not, lest frostis hit enfecte;
     A double cours of boording first hit haue…
     With chaf or fern this boordis do be tecte.

     ⁽²⁾ The tuppe is chosun fair of altitude, ywombe side, & tecte in whitest wolle.

Descendants

• English: tect

References

• “tecte (adj.)” listed in the Middle English Dictionary [2001]