The corpus record — Latin

técta

mended roofs

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Where it lives

Rudens 1 · 0.84/10k

What it meant

tecta — de Vaan

tecta 'mended roofs' (Paul, ex F.). Pit. *sark-je/o-. It cognates: U. sarsite ' ? \ PIE *srk-ie/o- 'to make good, emend'. IE cognates: Hit. sami(n)k-1 'to compensate, replace' < *sr-nen-k-, sarku- / sargau- 'eminent, powerful' < *s(o)rk-(e)u-i sarkiske/a-zl 'to be powerful', Gr. έρκος [η.] 'fence, enclosure, net', όρκάνη 'fence'; maybe also δρκος [m.] 'oath', ToB sark- 'to surpass, be better'. Latin -or- can be the … — [de Vaan, s.v. tecta, p. 553]

In the wild

técta Plautus, Rudens 1.3

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. tecta (scan p. 553; entry #1545). Root candidates: *sarsto-, *sarn-, *sarr-.
Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. tecta (scan p. 410; entry #6548).

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