"tector" meaning in Latin

See tector in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From tegō (“to cover”, supine stem tēct-) + -tor. Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|tegō<t:to cover><pos:supine stem tēct->|-tor|text=+|title=tēctor}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "cover", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*(s)teg-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*tegō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "tegō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la", "pos" : "supine stem tēct-" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tōr", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-tōr", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-tor", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "tēctor", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="tēctor"> From tegō (“to cover”, supine stem tēct-) + -tor. Head templates: {{la-noun|tēctor<3>|g=m}} tēctor m (genitive tēctōris); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|tēctor<3>}} Forms: tēctor [canonical, masculine], tēctōris [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], tēctor [nominative, singular], tēctōrēs [nominative, plural], tēctōris [genitive, singular], tēctōrum [genitive, plural], tēctōrī [dative, singular], tēctōribus [dative, plural], tēctōrem [accusative, singular], tēctōrēs [accusative, plural], tēctōre [ablative, singular], tēctōribus [ablative, plural], tēctor [singular, vocative], tēctōrēs [plural, vocative]
  1. plasterer, painter, wall decorator Tags: declension-3 Derived forms: tēctōrius

Inflected forms

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}

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