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tĕgĭmen , tĕgŭmen , and tegmen (in
I.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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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