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1 testūdō
testūdō inis, f [testa], a tortoise: fluviatiles testudines: collecta in suum tegumen, L.— Tortoise-shell: varios pulchrā testudine postīs, i. e. overlaid with tortoise-shell, V.—Because shells were used as frames for stringed instruments, a stringed instrument of music, lyre, lute, cithern: cavā solans aegrum testudine amorem, V.: resonare septem Callida nervis, H.—In building, an arched room, inner chamber, arch, vault: commentari in quādam testudine: mediā testudine templi, V.— In war, a tortoise, covering, shed, shelter: turrīs testudinesque agere, i. e. wooden sheds protecting the besiegers, Cs.: testudine factā, i. e. with shields interlaced, L.: actā testudine, V.— A head-dress resembling a lyre: Cyllenea, O.* * *tortoise; testudo; movable shed -
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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