tēctus adj.with comp.and sup.
P. of tego, covered, roofed, decked : naves, Cs., L.—Fig., secret, concealed, hidden : tectior cupiditas: amor, O.: tectis verbis ea scripsi, i. e. in reserved language. —Secret, close, reserved, cautious : ad alienos: est omni ratione tectior: in dicendo tectissimus: tectus recusat prodere quemquam, V.