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"etymology_text": "* Diminutive of testa.",
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"form": "testulae",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
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"nominative",
"plural"
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},
{
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"genitive",
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},
{
"form": "testulārum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "testulae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "testulīs",
"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "testulam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "testulās",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "testulā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "testulīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
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"vocative"
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"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
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{
"english": "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.",
"ref": "4 CE – c. 70 CE, Columella, De Re Rustica 11.3.31",
"text": "tum testulae vel conchae quasi sedes singulis subiectae seminibus adobruuntur, ut fiant capita latioris incrementi.",
"translation": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"potsherd"
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{
"english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
"ref": "c. 400 CE, Diomedes, Ars Grammatica p. 511",
"text": "cede testula trita, sol occurrit tibi per speculum, Panope",
"translation": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An earthen lamp."
],
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"raw_glosses": [
"(transferred sense) An earthen lamp."
],
"tags": [
"declension-1",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "3 10 86",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "31 30 39",
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 9 87",
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{
"english": "yet being overborne by Themistocles with the ostracism, he was condemned to be banished for ten years.",
"ref": "110 BCE – 25 BCE, Nepos, Aristides 1.2",
"text": "tamen a Themistocle collabefactus, testula illa exsilio decem annorum multatus est.",
"translation": "yet being overborne by Themistocles with the ostracism, he was condemned to be banished for ten years.",
"type": "quotation"
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"A voting-tablet used by the Athenians."
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"(transferred sense) A voting-tablet used by the Athenians."
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"ipa": "[ˈtɛs.tu.la]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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"Latin lemmas",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
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"etymology_text": "* Diminutive of testa.",
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"form": "testulae",
"tags": [
"genitive"
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"source": "declension",
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"singular"
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"genitive",
"plural"
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},
{
"form": "testulae",
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"tags": [
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"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"plural"
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"source": "declension",
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"singular"
]
},
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"form": "testulās",
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"accusative",
"plural"
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{
"form": "testulā",
"source": "declension",
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"ablative",
"singular"
]
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
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{
"form": "testula",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
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"plural",
"vocative"
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"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
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],
"examples": [
{
"english": "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.",
"ref": "4 CE – c. 70 CE, Columella, De Re Rustica 11.3.31",
"text": "tum testulae vel conchae quasi sedes singulis subiectae seminibus adobruuntur, ut fiant capita latioris incrementi.",
"translation": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"potsherd"
],
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]
],
"tags": [
"declension-1",
"feminine"
]
},
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],
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{
"english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
"ref": "c. 400 CE, Diomedes, Ars Grammatica p. 511",
"text": "cede testula trita, sol occurrit tibi per speculum, Panope",
"translation": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An earthen lamp."
],
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"earthen",
"earthen"
],
[
"lamp",
"lamp"
]
],
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"(transferred sense) An earthen lamp."
],
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"declension-1",
"feminine"
]
},
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"Latin terms with quotations",
"Latin terms with transferred senses"
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{
"english": "yet being overborne by Themistocles with the ostracism, he was condemned to be banished for ten years.",
"ref": "110 BCE – 25 BCE, Nepos, Aristides 1.2",
"text": "tamen a Themistocle collabefactus, testula illa exsilio decem annorum multatus est.",
"translation": "yet being overborne by Themistocles with the ostracism, he was condemned to be banished for ten years.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A voting-tablet used by the Athenians."
],
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[
"voting",
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],
[
"tablet",
"tablet"
],
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"Athenians",
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"(transferred sense) A voting-tablet used by the Athenians."
],
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"declension-1",
"feminine"
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}
],
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"ipa": "[ˈtɛs.tʊ.ɫa]",
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"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "testula"
}
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