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testaceus

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Latin

Etymology

From testa (brick, tile, sherd; shellfish) + -āceus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

testāceus (feminine testācea, neuter testāceum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. made of bricks or tiles
  2. covered with a shell

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

  • testaceus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • testaceus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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