testudineus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From testūdō (“tortoise”) + -eus.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tes.tuːˈdi.ne.us/, [t̪ɛs̠t̪uːˈd̪ɪneʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tes.tuˈdi.ne.us/, [t̪est̪uˈd̪iːneus]
Adjective[edit]
testūdineus (feminine testūdinea, neuter testūdineum); first/second-declension adjective
- testudineous; like a tortoise
- of or pertaining to a tortoise
- made of tortoise shell
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | testūdineus | testūdinea | testūdineum | testūdineī | testūdineae | testūdinea | |
| Genitive | testūdineī | testūdineae | testūdineī | testūdineōrum | testūdineārum | testūdineōrum | |
| Dative | testūdineō | testūdineō | testūdineīs | ||||
| Accusative | testūdineum | testūdineam | testūdineum | testūdineōs | testūdineās | testūdinea | |
| Ablative | testūdineō | testūdineā | testūdineō | testūdineīs | |||
| Vocative | testūdinee | testūdinea | testūdineum | testūdineī | testūdineae | testūdinea | |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → English: testudineous
References[edit]
- “testudineus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “testudineus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- testudineus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.