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.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative testūdineus testūdinea testūdineum testūdineī testūdineae testūdinea
Genitive testūdineī testūdineae testūdineī testūdineōrum testūdineārum testūdineōrum
Dative testūdineō testūdineō testūdineīs
Accusative testūdineum testūdineam testūdineum testūdineōs testūdineās testūdinea
Ablative testūdineō testūdineā testūdineō testūdineīs
Vocative testūdinee testūdinea testūdineum testūdineī testūdineae testūdinea

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.
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