tego

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“to cover with a roof”), *teg-. Compare Ancient Greek τέγος (tegos, “roof”), Old Norse þekja (“to cover”), Old English þeccean (“thatch”), Dutch dekken, German decken (“to cover, put under roof”), Old Irish tech (“house”), Welsh tŷ (“house”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈte.ɡoː/

Verb

present active tegō, present infinitive tegere, perfect active tēxī, supine tēctum.

1. I cover; clothe.
2. I protect

Inflection

Third Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tegō	tegis	tegit	tegimus	tegitis	tegunt
	future	tegam	tegēs	teget	tegēmus	tegētis	tegent
	imperfect	tegēbam	tegēbās	tegēbat	tegēbāmus	tegēbātis	tegēbant
	perfect	tēxī	tēxistī	tēxit	tēximus	tēxistis	tēxērunt
	future perfect	tēxerō	tēxeris	tēxerit	tēxerimus	tēxeritis	tēxerint
	pluperfect	tēxeram	tēxerās	tēxerat	tēxerāmus	tēxerātis	tēxerant
passive	present	tegor	tegeris	tegitur	tegimur	tegiminī	teguntur
	future	tegar	tegēris	tegētur	tegēmur	tegēminī	tegentur
	imperfect	tegēbar	tegēbāris	tegēbātur	tegēbāmur	tegēbāminī	tegēbantur
	perfect	Use tēctus m, tēcta f, tēctum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use tēctus m, tēcta f, tēctum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use tēctus m, tēcta f, tēctum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tegam	tegās	tegat	tegāmus	tegātis	tegant
	imperfect	tegerem	tegerēs	tegeret	tegerēmus	tegerētis	tegerent
	perfect	tēxerim	tēxerīs	tēxerit	tēxerīmus	tēxerītis	tēxerint
	pluperfect	tēxissem	tēxissēs	tēxisset	tēxissēmus	tēxissētis	tēxissent
passive	present	tegar	tegāris	tegātur	tegāmur	tegāminī	tegantur
	imperfect	tegerer	tegerēris	tegerētur	tegerēmur	tegerēminī	tegerentur
	perfect	Use tēctus m, tēcta f, tēctum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use tēctus m, tēcta f, tēctum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	tege	tegitō	tegitō	tegere	tegitor	tegitor
	plural	tegite	tegitōte	teguntō	tegiminī	—	teguntor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		tegere	tēxisse	tēctūrus esse	tegī	tēctus esse	tēctum īrī
participles		tegēns (tegentis)	—	tēctūrus-ra, -rum	—	tēctus-a, -um	tegendus-nda, -ndum

Derived terms

• dētegō

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈt̪ɛɡɔ]

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Pronoun

tego

1. masculine genitive singular of ten
2. neuter genitive singular of ten
3. animate masculine accusative singular of ten

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Swahili

Noun

tego

1. charm

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Swedish

Verb

tego

1. Obsolete plural form of teg, past tense of tiga.