testudo

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin testūdō (“tortoise, turtle, lyre, type of military shelter”). === Noun === testudo (plural testudos or testudoes or testudines) (Ancient Rome, military, historical) A shelter formed by a body of troops holding their shields or targets close together over their heads. Synonym: sheltron A shelter of similar shape for miners, etc. (anatomy) The fornix. (music) A chelys (kind of lyre) Synonym: chelys lyre (pathology) An encysted tumour. ==== Translations ==== === References === “testudo”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === duettos == Esperanto == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin testūdō (“tortoise”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tesˈtudo/ Rhymes: -udo Syllabification: tes‧tu‧do === Noun === testudo (accusative singular testudon, plural testudoj, accusative plural testudojn) tortoise turtle Synonym: kelonio ==== Derived terms ==== == Latin == === Etymology === From testa (“fragment of earthenware; shell or covering”). Compare typologically Russian черепа́ха (čerepáxa) (akin to черепо́к (čerepók), че́реп (čérep)). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tɛsˈtuː.doː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [tesˈtuː.do] === Noun === testūdō f (genitive testūdinis); third declension tortoise, turtle tortoise-shell (by extension) lyre, lute (by extension, military) covering, shed, shelter (by extension, in buildings) arch, vault ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== testūdineātus testūdineus ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Italian: testuggine Neapolitan: stuscene → English: testudo → Esperanto: testudo → French: testudo → Spanish: testudo === References === “testudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “testudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "testudo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “testudo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. “testudo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers testudo in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016 “testudo”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin == Portuguese == === Etymology === From testa +‎ -udo === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: tes‧tu‧do === Adjective === testudo (feminine testuda, masculine plural testudos, feminine plural testudas) (of a person or animal) having a big forehead === Further reading === “testudo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “testudo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026