sub tegmine fagi
/sʌb ˌtɛɡmɪni ˈfeɪdʒʌɪ/ /sʊb ˌtɛɡmɪneɪ ˈfɑːɡi/Now rare
adverb
Under the cover of a beech tree; (also more generally) in the shade of a tree.
- With allusion to the bucolic setting evoked in the opening lines of Virgil's Eclogues..
Origin
Early 18th century. From classical Latin sub tegmine fāgī under the cover of a spreading beech tree (Virgil Eclogues 1. 1) from sub + tegmine, ablative of tegmen + fāgī, genitive of fāgus beech.
- spread
- spreadable
- spread bet
- spread better
- spread betting
- spreadeagle
- spread eagle
- spreader
- spread like wildfire
- spread oneself too thin
- spread one's wings
- spread (or stretch or try) one's wings
- spreadsheet
- spread the word
- Sprechgesang
- Sprechstimme
- spree
- spree killer
- spree killing
- spreite
- sprezzatura
- sprig
- spriggy
- sprightliness
- sprightly