- 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.
* * *tecta -um, tectior -or -us, tectissimus -a -um ADJcovered, roofed; hidden, secret; concealed/disguised; guarded/secretive
Latin-English dictionary. 2013.