testa ae, f
TERS-,
a piece of burned clay, brick, tile
: testae tectorum meorum.—
A piece of baked earthen-ware, earthen vessel, pot, pitcher, jug, urn
: testā ardente,
a lamp
, V.: (vinum) testā Conditum
levi, H.: mihi fundat avitum Condita testa
merum, O.—
A broken piece of earthen-ware, brick, sherd, potsherd
: Testa parem fecit, O.: unde cerebrum testa ferit, Iu.—Among the
Greeks,
a sherd used in voting, potsherd as a ballot
: testarum suffragiis, quod illi
ὀστρακισμόν vocant, N.—
Plur,
castanets, bits of bone struck together by dancers
: Testarum crepitūs cum verbis, Iu.—
A shell, hard covering
: nativae: lubrica, i. e.
a covering of ice
, O.—
A shell-fish
: non omne mare est generosae fertile testae,
H.