different between tectum vs tecum

English

Etymology

From Latin t?ctum (“roof”), from teg? (“I cover”), cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (tégos, “roof; any covered room of a house”). Doublet of tect.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?k.t?m/

Noun

tectum (plural tecta)

1. (neuroanatomy) The dorsal portion of the midbrain of vertebrates; in mammals, containing the superior colliculus and inferior colliculus
2. The interconnected outer surface of a spore.

Derived terms

• infratectum

See also

• tegmentum
• periaqueductal grey

References

• Bear et al. Neuroscience, Exploring the Brain Co. 2001, Lippincot Williams and Wilkins
• tectum at OneLook Dictionary Search

Latin

Etymology

From teg? (“I cover”), cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (tégos, “roof; any covered room of a house”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?te?k.tum/, [?t?e?kt????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?tek.tum/, [?t??kt?um]

Noun

t?ctum n (genitive t?ct?); second declension

1. roof
2. ceiling
3. canopy

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Derived terms

• t?ctulum

Related terms

• t?ct?ra
• teg?

Descendants

References

• tectum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tectum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tectum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

English

Noun

tecum (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of tucum

Latin

Etymology

From Latin t? (“you”) + cum (“with”).

Two, not necessarily mutually exclusive explanations have been offered:

The first explanation was offered by Cicero, who believed that the normal word order of cum n?b?s "with us" would sound too much like cunn? bis "twice in the cunt", so the words were reversed. This reversal was then applied to cum v?b?s, cum m?, cum t?, and cum s?.

A modern explanation is that the word ordering comes from the fact that in Proto-Indo-European the word *?óm (from which cum derives) was an adverb, not a preposition as it became in Latin. As such the *kom could appear before or after the object pronoun since it was the object of the verb, not the object of a preposition. As these special particles evolved into prepositions this word order became archaic even though it was still commonly used. Thus the contraction n?b?scum (and m?cum, etc.) evolved into an adverb in its own right.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /?te?.kum/, [?t?e?k???]

• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?te.kum/, [?t???kum]

Adverb

t?cum (not comparable)

1. with you, with thee

Descendants

• Asturian: tigo
• Emilian: têg
• Italian: teco
• Old Portuguese: tigo
  • Galician: contigo
  • Portuguese: contigo
• Spanish: contigo

See also

• m?cum
• n?biscum
• s?cum
• qu?cum
• quibuscum
• qu?cum
• qu?cum
• v?biscum

References

• tecum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tecum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tecum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• tecum in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly