testūdō inis, f
testa,
a tortoise
: fluviatiles testudines: collecta in suum tegumen,
L.—
Tortoise-shell
: varios pulchrā testudine
postīs, i. e.
overlaid with tortoise-shell
, V.—Because shells were used as frames for stringed
instruments,
a stringed instrument of music, lyre, lute, cithern
: cavā solans aegrum testudine amorem,
V.: resonare septem Callida nervis,
H.—In building,
an arched room, inner chamber, arch, vault
: commentari in quādam testudine: mediā
testudine templi, V.— In war,
a tortoise, covering, shed, shelter
: turrīs testudinesque agere, i. e.
wooden sheds protecting the besiegers
, Cs.: testudine factā, i. e.
with shields interlaced
, L.: actā testudine, V.—
A head-dress resembling a lyre
: Cyllenea, O.
