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.
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testūdĭnĕus , a, um, adj. testudo, I. and-II.,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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