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.

Related terms

• tectorial

Latin

Etymology

Shortening of opus tēctōrium, from tēctor +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /teːkˈtoː.ri.um/, [t̪eːkˈt̪oːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tekˈto.ri.um/, [t̪ekˈt̪ɔːrium]

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).

	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