tēgula ae, f a tile, roof-tile: tegulam in Italiā nullam relicturus, not a tile: prohibebat imbrem Tegula, O.: quem tegula sola tuetur A pluviā, Iu.

— Esp., plur, a tiling, tiled roof: decidere de tegulis, T.: per tegulas demitti: per scalas pervenisse in tegulas, L.