tortoise

tortoise
subs.
Ar. and V. χελώνη, ἡ (Soph. Frag.).

TORTOISE

testudo. Tortoise-shell testa testudinis; also simply testudo (with the poets); chelyon: of or belonging to a tortoise or to tortoise-shell testudineus.

tortoise: testūdo, ĭnis, f.: Cic.: Plin. Oft. to denote a kind of military shield-work or shed: to advance a t. against a place, t. agere, Caes. B. G. 5, 43: to form a t., t. facere, id. Of a t., t.-, testudineus: e. g. t. pace ["snail's pace"], t. gradus, Pl. Aul. 1, 1, 10. (Chĕlys, Gk. χέλυς, only in Petr. fr. p. 682, Burm.)

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κλεμμύς
tortoise
χέλυς
a tortoise
χελώνη
a tortoise
ἐμύς
fresh-water tortoise
ὁπλοχελώνη
hard-shelled tortoise

tortoise Tortoises

• sea tortoises differ from land tortoises in size and in their feet: Paus. 1.44.8
• huge tortoises in Arcadian woods: Paus. 8.23.9
• Indian tortoises: Paus. 8.23.9
• tortoises on Mount Parthenius sacred to Pan and not molested: Paus. 8.54.7
• lyres made from shells of tortoises: Paus. 2.19.7, Paus. 8.17.5, Paus. 8.23.9, Paus. 8.54.7
• image of Aphrodite with foot on tortoise: Paus. 6.25.1
• statue of Hermes with tortoise: Paus. 2.19.7
• stone tortoise in temple of Hermes: Paus. 8.30.6
• sea tortoise pounces on Sciron's victims: Paus. 1.44.8