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tecto

tecto is a Latin form of tego, meaning “cover, protect, hide”.

It can also be a form of tectum, “roof; house”. It is the dative singular neuter noun or ablative singular neuter noun or perfect passive participle ablative singular neuter or perfect passive participle ablative singular masculine.

Found 101 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 7.66.7: Conclamant equites sanctissimo iureiurando confirmari oportere, ne tecto recipiatur, ne ad liberos, ne ad parentes, ad uxorem aditum habeat, qui non bis per agmen hostium perequitasset.

Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.489: territus est Athamas. Tectoque exire parabant:

Plautus, Rudens 1.5.276: út tuo récipias técto servésque nos

All forms of tego (conjugation 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.