testudineus

Latin

Etymology

From testūdō (“tortoise”) +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [tɛs.tuːˈdɪ.ne.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [tes.tuˈdiː.ne.us]

Adjective

testūdineus (feminine testūdinea, neuter testūdineum); first/second-declension adjective

1. testudineous; like a tortoise
2. of or pertaining to a tortoise
3. made of tortoise shell

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	testūdineus	testūdinea	testūdineum		testūdineī	testūdineae	testūdinea
genitive	testūdineī	testūdineae	testūdineī		testūdineōrum	testūdineārum	testūdineōrum
dative	testūdineō	testūdineae	testūdineō		testūdineīs
accusative	testūdineum	testūdineam	testūdineum		testūdineōs	testūdineās	testūdinea
ablative	testūdineō	testūdineā	testūdineō		testūdineīs
vocative	testūdinee	testūdinea	testūdineum		testūdineī	testūdineae	testūdinea

Related terms

• testa
• testū
• testūdineātus
• testūdō

Descendants

• → English: testudineous

References

• “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.