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tecta

tecta is a Latin form of tectum, meaning “roof; house”. It is the accusative plural neuter noun or nominative plural neuter noun.

Found 495 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 8.5.2: … xime tempore acerrimas tempestates cum subire milites nollet, in oppido Carnutum Cenabo castra ponit atque in tecta partim Gallorum, partim quae coniectis celeriter stramentis tentoriorum integendorum gratia erant inaedificat …

Cicero, De Officiis 2.13: … nostrum necessarii, nec ferrum, aes, aurum, argentum effoderetur penitus abditum sine hominum labore et manu. Tecta vero, quibus et frigorum vis pelleretur et calorum molestiae sedarentur, unde aut initio generi humano dari p …

Plautus, Rudens 1.3.208: néc cibo néc loco técta quo sím scio:

All forms of tectum (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.