"testudo" meaning in Latin

See testudo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [tɛsˈtuː.doː] [Classical-Latin], [tesˈtuː.do] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin testa Proto-Indo-European *-tu- Proto-Indo-European *-d- Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Italic *-tūdō Latin -tūdō Latin testudo From testa + -tūdō. Compare typologically Russian черепа́ха (čerepáxa) (akin to черепо́к (čerepók), че́реп (čérep)). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|testa|-tūdō|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin testa Proto-Indo-European *-tu- Proto-Indo-European *-d- Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Italic *-tūdō Latin -tūdō Latin testudo [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-tūdō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "testudo", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="testudo"> From testa + -tūdō., {{m+|ru|черепа́ха}} Russian черепа́ха (čerepáxa) Head templates: {{la-noun|testūdō<3>}} testūdō f (genitive testūdinis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|testūdō<3>}} Forms: testūdō [canonical, feminine], testūdinis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], testūdō [nominative, singular], testūdinēs [nominative, plural], testūdinis [genitive, singular], testūdinum [genitive, plural], testūdinī [dative, singular], testūdinibus [dative, plural], testūdinem [accusative, singular], testūdinēs [accusative, plural], testūdine [ablative, singular], testūdinibus [ablative, plural], testūdō [singular, vocative], testūdinēs [plural, vocative]
  1. tortoise, turtle Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-testudo-la-noun-Gv9zLg9w Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Reptiles Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 12 13 20 22 22 12 Disambiguation of Reptiles: 30 22 4 4 35 4
  2. tortoise-shell Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-testudo-la-noun-UPfCNRcd Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Latin terms suffixed with -tudo, Reptiles Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 12 13 20 22 22 12 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tudo: 7 12 25 23 26 7 Disambiguation of Reptiles: 30 22 4 4 35 4
  3. (by extension) lyre, lute Tags: broadly, declension-3
    Sense id: en-testudo-la-noun-129uumxy Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Latin terms suffixed with -tudo Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 12 13 20 22 22 12 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tudo: 7 12 25 23 26 7
  4. (by extension, military) covering, shed, shelter Tags: broadly, declension-3
    Sense id: en-testudo-la-noun-PX91yf30 Categories (other): Military, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Latin terms suffixed with -tudo Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 12 13 20 22 22 12 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tudo: 7 12 25 23 26 7 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  5. (by extension, military) covering, shed, shelter
    testudo (shelter formed of the shields of the soldiers held over their heads)
    Tags: broadly, declension-3
    Sense id: en-testudo-la-noun-eD4hDPLS Categories (other): Military, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Latin entries referencing missing etymons, Latin entries with etymology texts, Latin entries with etymology trees, Latin entries with etymon, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Latin terms suffixed with -tudo, Reptiles Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 17 20 3 17 15 2 1 1 2 4 3 16 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 13 2 18 18 1 1 1 1 2 2 20 1 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 5 4 4 5 14 13 52 4 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 5 4 5 5 15 16 47 4 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 5 4 4 5 14 13 52 4 Disambiguation of Latin entries referencing missing etymons: 5 8 12 16 56 4 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology texts: 5 5 16 17 53 4 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology trees: 5 5 16 17 53 4 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 7 7 5 5 70 5 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 3 6 12 14 63 3 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 12 13 20 22 22 12 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tudo: 7 12 25 23 26 7 Disambiguation of Reptiles: 30 22 4 4 35 4 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  6. (by extension, in buildings) arch, vault Tags: broadly, declension-3
    Sense id: en-testudo-la-noun-brBJXyMg Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 12 13 20 22 22 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: testūdineātus, testūdineus, testūdō marīna, testūdō terrestris Related terms: testa, testāceus, testātim, testeus, testū, testuātium, testula
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      "word": "stuscene"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "testudo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "testudo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "testudo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "testudo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "testa",
        "4": "-tūdō",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nLatin testa\nProto-Indo-European *-tu-\nProto-Indo-European *-d-\nProto-Indo-European *-Hō\nProto-Italic *-tūdō\nLatin -tūdō\nLatin testudo\n[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-tūdō\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"testudo\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" }\" data-lang=\"la\" data-title=\"testudo\">\nFrom testa + -tūdō.",
      "name": "ety"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "черепа́ха"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian черепа́ха (čerepáxa)",
      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nLatin testa\nProto-Indo-European *-tu-\nProto-Indo-European *-d-\nProto-Indo-European *-Hō\nProto-Italic *-tūdō\nLatin -tūdō\nLatin testudo\nFrom testa + -tūdō.\nCompare typologically Russian черепа́ха (čerepáxa) (akin to черепо́к (čerepók), че́реп (čérep)).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "testūdō",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testūdinis",
      "links": [
        [
          "testūdinis",
          "testudinis"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testūdō",
      "links": [
        [
          "testūdō",
          "testudo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testūdinēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "testūdinēs",
          "testudines#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testūdinis",
      "links": [
        [
          "testūdinis",
          "testudinis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testūdinum",
      "links": [
        [
          "testūdinum",
          "testudinum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testūdinī",
      "links": [
        [
          "testūdinī",
          "testudini#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testūdinibus",
      "links": [
        [
          "testūdinibus",
          "testudinibus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testūdinem",
      "links": [
        [
          "testūdinem",
          "testudinem#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testūdinēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "testūdinēs",
          "testudines#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testūdine",
      "links": [
        [
          "testūdine",
          "testudine#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testūdinibus",
      "links": [
        [
          "testūdinibus",
          "testudinibus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testūdō",
      "links": [
        [
          "testūdō",
          "testudo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "testūdinēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "testūdinēs",
          "testudines#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "testūdō<3>"
      },
      "expansion": "testūdō f (genitive testūdinis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "testūdō<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "testa"
    },
    {
      "word": "testāceus"
    },
    {
      "word": "testātim"
    },
    {
      "word": "testeus"
    },
    {
      "word": "testū"
    },
    {
      "word": "testuātium"
    },
    {
      "word": "testula"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tortoise, turtle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tortoise",
          "tortoise"
        ],
        [
          "turtle",
          "turtle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tortoise-shell"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shell",
          "shell"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "23 BCE – 13 BCE, Horatius, Carmina 1.32.14",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lyre, lute"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lyre",
          "lyre"
        ],
        [
          "lute",
          "lute"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) lyre, lute"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "la:Military"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "covering, shed, shelter"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "covering",
          "covering"
        ],
        [
          "shed",
          "shed"
        ],
        [
          "shelter",
          "shelter"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension, military) covering, shed, shelter"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "declension-3"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "la:Military"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "covering, shed, shelter",
        "testudo (shelter formed of the shields of the soldiers held over their heads)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "covering",
          "covering"
        ],
        [
          "shed",
          "shed"
        ],
        [
          "shelter",
          "shelter"
        ],
        [
          "testudo",
          "testudo#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension, military) covering, shed, shelter",
        "testudo (shelter formed of the shields of the soldiers held over their heads)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "declension-3"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Then, [facing the] doorway of the goddess [Juno], [there] in the middle beneath the vault of the temple, surrounded by armed guards, and supported by the lofty throne, [Dido] remained seated.",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.505–506",
          "roman": "saepta armīs, soliōque altē subnīxa resēdit.",
          "text": "Tum foribus dīvae, mediā testūdine templī,",
          "translation": "Then, [facing the] doorway of the goddess [Juno], [there] in the middle beneath the vault of the temple, surrounded by armed guards, and supported by the lofty throne, [Dido] remained seated.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "arch, vault"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "arch",
          "arch"
        ],
        [
          "vault",
          "vault"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension, in buildings) arch, vault"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in buildings"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[tɛsˈtuː.doː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[tesˈtuː.do]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "testudo"
}

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