testum

Latin

Etymology

From testa (“piece of burned clay”).

Noun

testum n (genitive testī); second declension

1. earthenware pot, vessel

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	testum	testa
genitive	testī	testōrum
dative	testō	testīs
accusative	testum	testa
ablative	testō	testīs
vocative	testum	testa

Descendants

• Balkano-Romance:
  • Aromanian: tsestu
  • Romanian: țest
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: testo, ⇒ teschio (< *testulum)
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: test (see there for further descendants)
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: test
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: tiestu
  • Galician: testo
  • Portuguese: testo
  • Spanish: tiesto

References

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