testudineus

== Latin == === Etymology === From testūdō (“tortoise”) +‎ -eus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tɛs.tuːˈdɪ.ne.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [tes.tuˈdiː.ne.us] === Adjective === testūdineus (feminine testūdinea, neuter testūdineum); first/second-declension adjective testudineous; like a tortoise of or pertaining to a tortoise made of tortoise shell ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Related terms ==== testa testū testūdineātus testūdō ==== Descendants ==== → English: testudineous === References === “testudineus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “testudineus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “testudineus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.