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Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
testula f (genitive testulae); first declension
- potsherd
4 CE – c. 70 CE,
Columella,
De Re Rustica 11.3.31:
- tum testulae vel conchae quasi sedes singulis subiectae seminibus adobruuntur, ut fiant capita latioris incrementi.
- then little tiles or shells are put under-ground, and placed, as it were seats, under each of the plants, that so their heads may become of a larger growth.
- (transferred sense) An earthen lamp.
- (transferred sense) A voting-tablet used by the Athenians.
110 BCE – 25 BCE,
Nepos,
Aristides 1.2:
- tamen a Themistocle collabefactus, testula illa exsilio decem annorum multatus est.
- yet being overborne by Themistocles with the ostracism, he was condemned to be banished for ten years.
Declension
First-declension noun.
References
- “testula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “testula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- testula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.