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testudineus

testudineus, of a tortoise, made of tortoise-shell

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.

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