testudineus

testūdĭnĕus, a, um, adj. [testudo, I. and-II.],

• of or belonging to a tortoise; made of tortoise-shell: gradus, a tortoise-pace, snail’s pace, Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 10 (49): lyra, made of or overlaid with tortoise-shell, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 32; Tib. 3, 8, 22: conopeum, Juv. 6, 80: hexaclinon, Mart. 9, 60, 9.—As subst.: cui testudinea legata essent, ei lectos testudineos pedibus inargentatos deberi, Dig. 32, 1, 100, § 4.

tēstūdīneus, a, um (testudo), I) schildkrötenartig, gradus, Schildkrötengang, Plaut. aul. 49. – II) mit Schildpatt geschmückt, -ausgelegt, lectus, Varro fr. u. Schol. Iuven.: lyra, Tibull. u. Prop.: hexaclinon, Mart. – subst., tēstūdinea, ōrum, n., mit Schildpatt ausgelegte Möbel, Iavol. dig. 32, 1, 100. § 4.

testudineus [CL] 1 characteristic of a tortoise. per domum ~o gradu repens, mox lecto prona decubuit W. Malm. GP V 272; 1189 archiepiscopus ‥ gressu formicino, immo ~o, Wintoniam ‥ tendit Ep. Cant. 322. 2 (mil.) of or comprising a ‘testudo’ formation, of a defensive screen made of shields. at testudineo Thelamon defensus amictu / occultum furatur iter J. Exon. BT I 415.

testūdĭnĕus, (14) a, um (testudo), de tortue ou dʼécaille de tortue : Pl. Aul. 49 ; Prop. 4, 6, 22 ; Mart. 9, 59, 9 || pl. n. testudinea Javol. Dig. 32, 1, 100, objets faits en écaille de tortue.

testudineus , a, um. adj.
玳瑁殼者。— gradus 甚慢步。

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testūdineus adj.

• testudo, of a tortoise, made of tortoise-shell: conopeum, Iu.: lyra, inlaid with tortoise-shell, Pr.