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Tĕgĕa, ae (Tĕgĕē, Stat. Th. 11, 177), f., = Τεγέα, a very ancient town in Arcadia, now Paleo-Episkopi, near Tripolitza, Mel. 2, 3, 5; Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 20.
Poet. for Arcadia, Stat. Th. 11, 177; Claud. B. G. 576.
Hence,

  1. A. Tĕgĕēŭs or Tĕgĕaeŭs, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tegea, Tegean; poet. for Arcadian: gens, Verg. A. 5, 299: Pan, Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 30; Verg. G. 1, 18: virgo, i. e. Callisto, a daughter of Lycaon, king of Arcadia, Ov. A. A. 2, 55; id. F. 2, 167: volucer. i. e. Mercury, Stat. S. 1, 5, 4.
    Also subst.: Tĕgĕaea, ae, f., the Arcadian Atalanta, Ov. M. 8, 317; 8, 380: parens, i. e. Carmenta, the mother of Evander, id. F. 1, 627; called also sacerdos, id. ib. 6, 531.
  2. B. Tĕgĕātĭcus, a, um, adj., Arcadian: volucer, i. e. Mercury, Stat. S. 1, 2, 18; called also ales, id. ib. 5, 1, 102.
  3. C. Tĕgĕātae, ārum, m., the inhabitants of Tegea, the Tegeans, Cic. Div. 1, 19, 37.
  4. D. Tĕgĕātis, ĭdis, f. adj., Tegean; poet. for Arcadian: mater, i. e. the Arcadian Atalanta, Stat. Th. 9, 571: capra, Sil. 13, 329.

tĕgĕs, ĕtis, f. [tego], a covering, mat: quae fiunt de cannabi, lino, junco, palmā, scirpo, ut funes, restes, tegetes, Varr. R. R. 1, 22, 1; so Col. 5, 5, 15; 12, 52, 8; Plin. 21, 18, 69, § 112; Mart. 11, 32, 2; 11, 56, 5; Juv. 6, 117; 7, 221 al.

‡ tĕgĕtārĭus, ψιαθοποιός, ψιαθοπλόκος, Gloss. Gr. Lat., a mat-maker [teges].

tĕgĕtĭcŭla, ae, f. dim. [tego], a little mat: tegeticulae cannabinae, Varr. R. R. 3, 8, 2; 2, 11, 8; Col. 8, 9, 3; Mart. 9, 93, 3.