tēctus

   tēctus adj. with comp. and sup.    [P. of tego], covered, roofed, decked : naves, Cs., L.—Fig., secret, concealed, hidden : tectior cupiditas: amor, O.: tectis verbis ea scripsi, i. e. in reserved language. —Secret, close, reserved, cautious : ad alienos: est omni ratione tectior: in dicendo tectissimus: tectus recusat prodere quemquam, V.

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tecta -um, tectior -or -us, tectissimus -a -um ADJ

covered, roofed; hidden, secret; concealed/disguised; guarded/secretive