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tectum, i, n. [tego].

  1. I. Lit., a covering.
    1. A. A roof: quojus (villae) Deturbavit ventus tectum ac tegulas, Plaut. Rud. prol. 78: de tecto deturbavit tegulas, id. ib. 1, 1, 5. tecta domorum, Lucr. 2, 191; Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4, § 14: firma tecta in domiciliis habere, id. Brut. 73, 257; cf.: disturbata porticus Catuli, quae ad tectum paene pervenerat, id. Att. 4, 3, 2: hic se praecipitem tecto dedit, Hor. S. 1, 2, 41: culmina tecti, Verg. A. 2, 695: tecti a culmine, Ov. M. 12, 480.
    2. B. A ceiling (usu. plain; opp. lacunar, a fretted ceiling): tectis caelatis, laqueatis, ceilings, rooms, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 85; 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 121 Vahl.); cf.: qui marmoreis tectis ebore et auro fulgentibus abundant, Cic. Par. 1, 3, 13; so, aurata, id. ib. 6, 3, 49: laqueata, Hor. C. 2, 16, 12: cubilia tectaque, canopies, id. Epod. 12, 12.
  2. II. Transf., a roofed building for dwelling in, a roof, house, dwelling, abode; a cover, shelter, quarters, etc. (freq. and class.; cf.: prosa, ut mucronem pro gladio, et tectum pro domo recipiet, etc., Quint. 8, 6, 20; syn.: domus, aedes, habitatio): recipe me in tectum, Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 16; cf.: exercitus tectis ac sedibus suis recipere, Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 90: ne tecto recipiatur … qui non, etc., Caes. B. G. 7, 66; Nep. Att. 13, 2: exercitatissimi in armis, qui inter annos XIV. tectum non subissent, Caes. B. G. 1, 36: milites in tecta Gallorum contegit, Auct. B. G. 8, 5: vos, Quirites, in vestra tecta discedite, Cic. Cat. 3, 12, 29: tectis, juvenes, succedite nostris, Verg. A. 1, 627: ejusmodi conjunctionem tectorum oppidum vel urbem appellaverunt, Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 41; id. Att. 5, 16, 3: tum erat ager incultus sine tecto: nunc est cultissimus cum optimā villā, id. Rosc. Com. 12, 33: si vacuum tepido cepisset villula tecto, Hor. S. 2, 3, 10: pars densa ferarum Tecta rapit silvas, Verg. A. 6, 8: columba plausum Dat tecto ingentem, id. ib. 5, 216: solidis Clauditur in tectis, i. e. in prison, Ov. M. 3, 697: sed quercus tecta cibumque dabat, id. A. A. 2, 622: dolos tecti ambagesque resolvit, i. e. of the Labyrinth, Verg. A. 6, 29: sub tecta Sibyllae, id. ib. 6, 211.