tegimen

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) cover, covering, protection; tegument
 * 2) * Vergilius; found in both Georgicon (Book IV, line 566) and Eclogae (Book I, line 1)
 * Sub tegmine fāgī.
 * Under the cover of a beech tree. More commonly rendered: Under the shade of a beech tree

Declension
Often syncopated in oblique cases, dropping the -i- after teg-.

Related terms

 * tegimentum