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.