τέγος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *(s)tégos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tégos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (roof). Cognates include Latin tego (I cover), German Decke (roof), English thatch.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

τέγος (tégos) n (genitive τέγους or τέγεος); third declension

  1. roof, cover
  2. any place with roof
  3. any covered hall or chamber

Declension

References

  • τέγος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • τέγος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • τέγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • τέγος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • τέγος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
    • roof idem, page 721.
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