testudineus

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Latin

Etymology

From testūdō (tortoise) +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

testūdineus (feminine testūdinea, neuter testūdineum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. testudineous; like a tortoise
  2. of or pertaining to a tortoise
  3. made of tortoise shell

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

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.