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testudineus

testudineus · adj

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Where it lives

Aulularia 1 · 1.45/10k
Elegiae 1 · 0.81/10k
Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
Elegiae 1 · 0.4/10k
Epigrammata 1 · 0.18/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

testūdĭnĕus — Lewis & Short

testūdĭnĕus, a, um, adj.testudo, I. and-II.,

I of or belonging to a tortoise; made of tortoise-shell: gradus, a tortoise-pace, snail's pace, Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 10: lyra, made of or overlaid with tortoise-shell, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 32; Tib. 4, 2, 22: conopeum, Juv. 6, 80: hexaclinon, Mart. 9, 60, 9.—As subst.: cui testudinea legata essent, ei lectos testudineos pedibus inargentatos deberi, Dig. 32, 1, 100, § 4.

In the wild

testudinea Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 33.11.p3
testudineo Juvenal, Saturae 2.6.80
testudineum Plautus, Aulularia 1.1
testudineae Propertius, Elegiae 4.6.32
testudineum Martial, Epigrammata 9.59.9
testudinea Tibullus, Elegiae 3.8.22

Where it came from

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