testu

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtestu/
  • Rhymes: -estu
  • Syllabification: tes‧tu

Noun

testu m (plural testos)

  1. text

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From testa.

Pronunciation

Noun

testū̆ n (genitive testūs or testū); fourth declension

  1. Vessel of earthenware
    • 234 BCE – 149 BCE, Cato the Elder, De Agri Cultura 75:
      Inde panem facitō, folia subditō, in focō caldō sub testū coquitō lēniter.
      Make a loaf out of it, put leaves under it, cook it gently in warm fire under a crock.

Declension

Fourth-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative testū̆1 testua
genitive testūs2
testū3
testuum
dative testū4
testuī2
testibus
accusative testū̆1 testua
ablative testū4 testibus
vocative testū̆1 testua

1The length of the final vowel is uncertain in the nominative/accusative/vocative singular; Martianus Capella considers it to end with , while Servius considers it to end with .
2According to Martianus Capella.
3According to Servius.
4According to both.

Derived terms

References

  • testu”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • testu”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • testu in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.