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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
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