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.