tegimen

tegimen

Latin

Alternative forms

• tegmen
• tegumen

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