testula

testŭla, ae, f. dim. [testa], a small potsherd.

• I Lit., Col. 11, 3, 3.—
• II Transf.
• • A An earthen lamp, Ser. ap. Diom. p. 511 P. —
  • B A voting-tablet used by the Athenians, Nep. Arist. 1, 2 (cf. testa, II. C.).

tēstula, ae, f. (Demin. v. testa), I) das irdene Lämpchen, cava test., Prud. cath. 5, 17: test. trita, Seren. b. Diom. 511, 19. – II) ein Stück von zerbrochenem irdenem Geschirr, die Scherbe, 1) übh., Colum. 11, 3, 31. – 2) inbes., wie ὄστρακον, die Scherbe (das irdene Täfelchen) bei Abstimmung vor Gericht; meton. = das Scherbengericht (ὀστρακισμός), a Themistocle collabefactus testula illā, Nep. Arist. 1, 2.

testula [CL testa+-ula] 1 (small) earthenware object, (esp.) piece or fragment of earthenware, potsherd. b small earthenware lamp. ~arum fragmina Aldh. VirgP 41; ~a tkglf [l. tigle] GlP 243; ~e ‥ vas si confringatur contricione valida, partes ejus ad nichil utiles esse possunt: et quo magis testa quassata durat, tanto semper augetur fractura Petrus Dial. 42; pro ‥ ~arum fragmentis, in quibus massas suas liquefecerant Gosc. Mir. Aug. 549.  b igniculum [lampadis] ‥ portare venio in ~a mea J. Ford Serm. 108. 1. 2 small or delicate shell or fragment of shell. b (~a capitis) skull. c (transf.) seed pod, husk. asserunt ~am ovi si impleatur rore Madiali, precluso modico foramine ‥ per hastam in sterquilinio fixam ‥ ad cacumen ‥ ascendere Gerv. Tilb. I 12.  b ~a capitis contrita ‥ omnia cerebri interiora denudando proferebat R. Cold. Cuthb. 92.  c anima leni motu de carne egreditur quasi faba matura que sponte de ~a palee sue progreditur R. Cold. Godr. 195. 3 small head or piece of head, fragment of skull; b (in list of words derived from testa). s1170 ensis cuspidem patenti capiti crudeliter inpressit, cerebrum penitus dissipavit, extraxit et in pavimentum cum ~is et sanguine sparsit Gerv. Cant. Chr. 227.  b hec testa, unde hec ~a, -e Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 582.

testŭla, (15) æ, f. (testa), ¶ 1 fragment de poterie : Col. Rust. 11, 3, 3 ¶ 2 lampe dʼargile : Seren. d. Diom. 511, 25 ¶ 3 tablette de vote à Athènes = ὄστρακον : Nep. Arist. 1, 2.

*testula, ae. f.
小瓦。瓦塊。寫已意之魚甲。Testula collabefieri 受定斷。

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testula ae, f dim.

• testa, a small potsherd, voting-tablet(cf. testa), N.