testudineus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From testūdō (“tortoise”) + -eus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /tes.tuːˈdi.ne.us/, [t̪ɛs̠t̪uːˈd̪ɪneʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tes.tuˈdi.ne.us/, [t̪est̪uˈd̪iːneus]
Adjective
[edit]testūdineus (feminine testūdinea, neuter testūdineum); first/second-declension adjective
- testudineous; like a tortoise
- of or pertaining to a tortoise
- made of tortoise shell
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | testūdineus | testūdinea | testūdineum | testūdineī | testūdineae | testūdinea | |
| genitive | testūdineī | testūdineae | testūdineī | testūdineōrum | testūdineārum | testūdineōrum | |
| dative | testūdineō | testūdineae | testūdineō | testūdineīs | |||
| accusative | testūdineum | testūdineam | testūdineum | testūdineōs | testūdineās | testūdinea | |
| ablative | testūdineō | testūdineā | testūdineō | testūdineīs | |||
| vocative | testūdinee | testūdinea | testūdineum | testūdineī | testūdineae | testūdinea | |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → English: testudineous
References
[edit]- “testudineus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “testudineus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- testudineus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.