hovel Copy link Outline 1. tectum (a place of shelter and abode of any kind2. tŭgŭrium (any hut or cottage)3. căsa4. gurgustium ("a wretched hole") • hovel: 1. tectum (a place of shelter and abode of any kind: hence requiring some qualifying adj.): rude, shapeless h.s, t. informia, Liv. 21, 32, med.: a miserable (dilapidated) h., t. obsoletum, Hor. Od. 2, 10, 6. 2. tŭgŭrium (any hut or cottage): they dwelt in cottages and h.s, in casis et t. habitabant, Varr. R. R. 3, 1: Cic.: Sall. Dimin. tuguriolum, Apul.: Arn. 3. căsa: with some qualifying word [squalida, sordida, informis]: v. cottage. 4. gurgustium ("a wretched hole"): Cic. in Pis. 6, 13: but Suet. has modicum gurgustium, of a humble dwelling or cottage, Gram. 11.