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  • 1 testūdineus

        testūdineus adj.    [testudo], of a tortoise, made of tortoise-shell: conopeum, Iu.: lyra, inlaid with tortoise-shell, Pr.
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    testudinea, testudineum ADJ

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  • 2 testudineus

    testūdĭnĕus, a, um, adj. [testudo, I. and-II.], of or belonging to a tortoise; made of tortoise-shell: gradus, a tortoise-pace, snail ' s pace, Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 10: lyra, made of or overlaid with tortoise-shell, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 32; Tib. 4, 2, 22:

    conopeum,

    Juv. 6, 80:

    hexaclinon,

    Mart. 9, 60, 9.—As subst.:

    cui testudinea legata essent, ei lectos testudineos pedibus inargentatos deberi,

    Dig. 32, 1, 100, § 4.

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  • 3 testudo

    testūdo, ĭnis, f. [testa], a tortoise.
    I.
    Lit., Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133; Plin. 9, 10, 12, § 35; 32, 4, 14, § 32; Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124; 2, 52, 129; Liv. 36, 32, 6; Sen. Ep. 121, 9; Phaedr. 2, 6, 5 al.—Prov.:

    testudo volat, of any thing impossible,

    Claud. in Eutr. 1, 352.—
    II.
    Transf., tortoise-shell.
    A.
    Used for overlaying or veneering, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; Verg. G. 2, 463; Ov. M. 2, 737; Mart. 12, 66, 5; Luc. 10, 120; Juv. 14, 308. —
    B.
    From the arched shape of a tortoise-shell.
    1.
    Of any stringed instrument of music of an arched shape, a lyre, lute, cithern, Verg. G. 4, 464; Hor. C. 3, 11, 3; 4, 3, 17; id. Epod. 14, 11; id. A. P. 395; Val. Fl. 1, 187; 1, 277. —
    2.
    An arch, vault in buildings (syn.:

    fornix, camera),

    Varr. L. L. 5, §§ 79 and 161 Müll.; id. R. R. 3, 5, 1; 3, 6, 4; Cic. Brut. 22, 87; Sisenn. ap. Non. 58, 16; Verg. A. 1, 505. —
    3.
    In milit. lang., a tortoise, i. e. a covering, shed, shelter so called (cf.: vinea, pluteus), viz.,
    a.
    Made of wood, for the protection of besiegers, Caes. B. G. 5, 43; 5, 52; Vitr. 10, 19 sq. —
    b.
    Formed of the shields of the soldiers held over their heads, Liv. 34, 39, 6; 44, 9, 6; Caes. B. G. 2, 6; Tac. A. 13, 39; id. H. 3, 31; 3, 27; 4, 23; Verg. A. 9, 505; 9, 514 al. —
    4.
    The covering of the hedgehog, Mart. 13, 86, 1. —
    5.
    A head-dress in imitation of a lyre, Ov. A. A. 3, 147.

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  • 4 chelys

        chelys —, acc. chelyn, voc. chely, f, χέλυσ (tortoise), a shell, lyre, harp, O.
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    chelyos/is N F
    tortoise; lyre/harp (made originally from a tortoise shell); constellation Lyra

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  • 5 chely

    lyre, harp; tortoise shell (from which lyres were made); tortoise

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  • 6 chelyn

    lyre, harp; tortoise shell (from which lyres were made); tortoise

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  • 7 chelys

    chĕlys, acc. chelyn, voc. chely (other cases apparently not in use), f., = chelus.
    I.
    The tortoise, Petr. Fragm. 32, 5.—
    II.
    As in Greek (cf. Lidd. and Scott in h. v.), a lyre or harp made of its shell, pure Lat. testudo (except Ovid, in post-Aug. poets only;

    most freq. in Statius): chelys,

    Stat. S. 1, 5, 1; 4, 4, 33; Claud. III. Cons. Hon. praef. 18; id. Cons. Mall. Theod. 313; id. IV. Cons. Hon. 123; Prud. Apoth. 455:

    chelyn,

    Ov. H. 15, 181; Stat. S. 1, 5, 11; 2, 2, 120; 4, 6, 30; 4, 8, 38; id. Th. 6, 366; Sen. Troad. 325; id. Herc. Oet. 1034; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, praef. 8:

    chely,

    Stat. S. 4, 3, 119.—
    B.
    The constellation Lyra, Avien. Arat. 617 and 631.

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