tegula

From Latin tegula (“a tile”), from tegō (“to cover”).

tegula (plural tegulae)

1. (entomology) A small sclerite situated above the base of the costal vein in the wings of various insects, and attached to the anterolateral portion of the mesonotum
2. (archaeology) A flat Roman roof tile with raised edges, joined together by an imbrex

• subtegula

• Tegula (insect anatomy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Imbrex and tegula on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

tegula (plural tegulas)

1. tile

• tegular

From tegō (“I cover”) +‎ -ula.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈteː.ɡu.la/, [ˈteː.ɡʊ.ɫa]

tēgula f (genitive tēgulae); first declension

1. a roof-tile
2. vocative singular of tēgula

First declension.

• asinus in tēgulīs

• tegula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tegula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• tegula in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tegula in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin