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  • 1 testa

    testa, ae, f. [ = tosta, from torreo], a piece of burned clay, a brick, tile, ostrakon.
    I.
    Lit., Cic. Dom. 23, 61; Cato, R. R. 18, 7; 18, 110; Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 6; Vitr. 2, 8 fin.; 7, 1; 7, 4; Aus. Parent. 11, 9.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A piece of baked earthen-ware, an earthen pot, pitcher, jug, urn, etc. (cf. testu):

    si Prometheus... a vicinis cum testā ambulans carbunculos corrogaret,

    Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9:

    testā cum ardente viderent Scintillare oleum,

    a lamp, Verg. G. 1, 391:

    quo semel est imbuta recens, servabit odorem Testa diu,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 70; cf. Tib. 2, 3, 47:

    accipiat Manes parvula testa meos,

    Prop. 2, 13, 32 (3, 5, 16):

    vinum Graeca quod testā conditum levi,

    Hor. C. 1, 20, 2; 3, 21, 4:

    mihi fundat avitum Condita testa merum,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 696; Mart. 12, 48, 8; 12, 63, 2; 13, 7, 1; Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 114.—Used in applause:

    audiat ille Testarum crepitus cum verbis,

    Juv. 11, 170 (cf. F. infra).—
    B.
    A broken piece of earthen-ware, pottery, brick, etc.; a sherd, potsherd: dissipatis imbricum fragminibus ac testis tegularum, Sisenn. ap. Non. 125, 18:

    testa parem fecit,

    Ov. M. 8, 662:

    fulcitur testā mensa,

    Mart. 2, 43, 10; Plin. 32, 8, 28, § 89; 35, 3, 5, § 16; Tac. H. 5, 6; Prop. 4 (5), 7, 28; Juv. 3, 260.—Hence,
    2.
    Transf., a piece of bone, Cels. 8, 16; so of fragments of a broken tooth, id. 6, 9 med.; 7, 22.—
    C.
    Like ostrakon, a sherd, potsherd, in the ostracism or judicial voting of the Greeks: testarum suffragiis, quod illi ostrakismon vocant, Nep. Cim. 3, 1; cf. also testula.—
    D.
    The shell of shell-fish or of testaceous animals:

    genera beluarum ad saxa nativis testis inhaerentium,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 100:

    ostreae,

    Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 60:

    muricum,

    id. 32, 7, 27, § 84:

    cochlearum,

    id. 30, 8, 21, § 66:

    testudinis,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 79 Müll. —Hence,
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    A shell-fish:

    non omne mare generosae fertile testae,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 31:

    marina,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 53.—
    b.
    A shell or covering, in gen.:

    lubricaque immotas testa premebat aquas,

    i. e. an icy shell, covering of ice, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 38: lubrica, Poët. ap. Anthol. Lat. 2, p. 62 Burm.—
    c.
    The skull:

    testa hominis, nudum jam cute calvitium,

    Aus. Epigr. 72; Prud. steph. 10, 761; Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 1; 2, 1 fin. (hence, Ital. testa and Fr. tēte).—
    E.
    A brick-colored spot on the face, Plin. 26, 15, 92, § 163; 48. 12, 50, § 185.—
    F.
    A sort of clapping with the flat of the hands (as if with two tiles), in token of applause, invented by Nero, Suet. Ner 20. [p. 1863]

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > testa

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