tegimen

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From tegō (“clothe”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈte.ɡi.men/, [ˈtɛ.ɡɪ.mɛn]

Noun

tegimen n (genitive tegiminis); third declension

  1. cover, covering, protection; tegument
    • Vergilius; found in both Georgicon (Book IV, line 566) and Eclogae (Book I, line 1)
      Sub tegmine fagi.
      Under the cover of a beech tree.
      More commonly rendered: Under the shade of a beech tree

Inflection

Often syncopated in oblique cases, dropping the -i- after teg-. Third declension neuter.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tegimen tegimina
Genitive tegiminis tegiminum
Dative tegiminī tegiminibus
Accusative tegimen tegimina
Ablative tegimine tegiminibus
Vocative tegimen tegimina

References
  • tegimen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tegimen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tegimen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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