tectum

From Latin tēctum (“roof”), from tegō (“I cover”), cognate with Ancient Greek τέγος (tégos, “roof; any covered room of a house”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛk.təm/

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tectum (plural tecta)

1. (anatomy) The dorsal portion of the midbrain of vertebrates; in mammals, containing the superior colliculus and inferior colliculus
2. The interconnected outer surface of a spore.

• infratectum

• tegmentum
• periaqueductal grey

• Bear et al. Neuroscience, Exploring the Brain Co. 2001, Lippincot Williams and Wilkins
• tectum at OneLook Dictionary Search

From tegō (“I cover”), cognate with Ancient Greek τέγος (tégos, “roof; any covered room of a house”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈteːk.tum/, [ˈteːk.tũ]

tēctum n (genitive tēctī); second declension

1. roof
2. ceiling
3. canopy

Second declension.

• tēctulum

• tēctūra
• tegō

• tectum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tectum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tectum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to enter the house: tectum subire