tectorium

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tēctōrium

Noun

tectorium (plural tectoria)

  1. (anatomy) A covering.
  2. (anatomy) The tectorial membrane that covers the cochlear duct.

Latin

Etymology

Shortening of opus tēctōrium, from tēctor +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

Noun

tēctōrium n (genitive tēctōriī or tēctōrī); second declension

  1. a covering, cover
  2. plaster, stucco, fresco-painting, a wash for walls
  3. (of speech) flattery

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tēctōrium tēctōria
Genitive tēctōriī
tēctōrī1		 tēctōriōrum
Dative tēctōriō tēctōriīs
Accusative tēctōrium tēctōria
Ablative tēctōriō tēctōriīs
Vocative tēctōrium tēctōria

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References
  • “tectorius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tectorium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • tēctōrius in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
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