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1 tegumen (tegimen)
tegumen (tegimen) inis (in oblique cases usu. tegmin-), n [TEG-], a covering, cover: mihi amictui est Scythicum tegimen: tegumen Pellis erat, O.: dedit super tunicam aeneum pectori tegumen, L.: Consertum tegumen spinis, V.: Hordea... Exue de tegminibus suis, i. e. the husks, O.: sub tegmine caeli, the vault of heaven, C. poët. -
2 tegimen
tĕgĭmen, tĕgŭmen, and tegmen (in obliq. cas. usu. syncop. tegminis, etc.), n. [tego], a covering, cover (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; in Cic. in prose only once, as a transl. from the Greek;syn.: operculum, integumentum): mihi (Anacharsi) amictui est Scythicum tegimen,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 90:tegimen direpta leoni Pellis erat,
Ov. M. 3, 52; so,tegimen,
id. ib. 1, 672; id. A. A. 3, 112; Sil. 1, 402; Sen. Q. N. 6, 25; Tac. A. 2, 21:consertum tegumen spinis,
Verg. A. 3, 594; so,tegumen,
Liv. 1, 20, 4; 4, 39, 3; Col. 7, 4, 4:textile tegmen,
Lucr. 5, 1350; so id. 3, 649; Verg. A. 7, 666; 7, 742; Luc. 9, 771; Liv. 5, 38, 8; Quint. 9, 4, 4;Auct. B. Afr. 72: tegmina membrorum,
Col. 3, 10, 12:vites opacare tegminibus,
id. 5, 5, 15:removebitur hujus Tegminis officium,
of the shield, Ov. M. 12, 92:pedum,
i. e. shoes, Col. 1, 8, 18; Amm. 22, 9, 11.—Of the husk:grani,
Col. 10, 243; cf.:hordea... exue de paleā tegminibusque suis,
Ov. Med. Fac. 54. — Poet. sub caeli tegmine, the vault of heaven, Lucr. 1, 988; so id. 2, 662; 5, 1016; Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 44, 112: fluminis, icy covering, Laev. ap. Gell. 19, 7, 15. — With obj. gen.: ardoris, Vulg Ecclus. 34, 19. -
3 tegumen
tĕgŭmen, ĭnis, v. tegimen.
См. также в других словарях:
tegmen — tegminal /teg meuh nl/, adj. /teg meuhn/, n., pl. tegmina / meuh neuh/. 1. a cover, covering, or integument. 2. Bot. the delicate inner integument or coat of a seed. 3. (of certain orthopterous insects) one of a pair of leathery forewings that… … Universalium
tegmen — teg•men [[t]ˈtɛg mən[/t]] n. pl. mi•na [[t] mə nə[/t]] 1) a covering or integument, esp. of a plant or animal 2) bot the delicate inner coat of a seed 3) ent either of a pair of leathery forewings extending over the hind wings in certain insects… … From formal English to slang
