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testudo

testudo · f

a tortoise

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Where it lives

Miltiades 1 · 7.5/10k
Clodius Albinus 2 · 7.4/10k
Ad Martyras 1 · 6.72/10k
Panegyricus dictus Manlio Theodoro consuli 1 · 4.65/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 43-44 - 44 5 · 3.95/10k
Epodon 1 · 3.33/10k
De Arte Poetica liber 1 · 3.24/10k
Mosella 1 · 3.08/10k
De Pallio 1 · 2.92/10k
Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 2.88/10k
In Eutropium 2 · 2.78/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 10 4 · 2.64/10k

Densest 12 of 60 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

testūdo — Lewis & Short

testūdo, ĭnis, f.testa,

I a tortoise.

I Lit., Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133; Plin. 9, 10, 12, § 35; 32, 4, 14, § 32; Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124; 2, 52, 129; Liv. 36, 32, 6; Sen. Ep. 121, 9; Phaedr. 2, 6, 5 al.—Prov.: testudo volat, of any thing impossible, Claud. in Eutr. 1, 352.—

II Transf., tortoise-shell.

A Used for overlaying or veneering, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; Verg. G. 2, 463; Ov. M. 2, 737; Mart. 12, 66, 5; Luc. 10, 120; Juv. 14, 308. —

B From the arched shape of a tortoise-shell.

1 Of any stringed instrument of music of an arched shape, a lyre, lute, cithern, Verg. G. 4, 464; Hor. C. 3, 11, 3; 4, 3, 17; id. Epod. 14, 11; id. A. P. 395; Val. Fl. 1, 187; 1, 277. —

2 An arch, vault in buildings (syn.: fornix, camera), Varr. L. L. 5, §§ 79 and 161 Müll.; id. R. R. 3, 5, 1; 3, 6, 4; Cic. Brut. 22, 87; Sisenn. ap. Non. 58, 16; Verg. A. 1, 505. —

3 In milit. lang., a tortoise, i. e. a covering, shed, shelter so called (cf.: vinea, pluteus), viz.,

a Made of wood, for the protection of besiegers, Caes. B. G. 5, 43; 5, 52; Vitr. 10, 19 sq. —

b Formed of the shields of the soldiers held over their heads, Liv. 34, 39, 6; 44, 9, 6; Caes. B. G. 2, 6; Tac. A. 13, 39; id. H. 3, 31; 3, 27; 4, 23; Verg. A. 9, 505; 9, 514 al. —

4 The covering of the hedgehog, Mart. 13, 86, 1. —

5 A head-dress in imitation of a lyre, Ov. A. A. 3, 147.

In the wild

testudinibus Livy, Ab urbe condita 3.37.26.8
testudine Vergil, Aeneid 2.441
testudine Julius Caesar, De bello Gallico 2.6.2
testudine Silius Italicus, Punica 11.288
testudine Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.10.29.11
testudine Claudian, Panegyricus dictus Manlio Theodoro consuli 1.252

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