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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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L&S Lewis & Short (1)
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Text provided under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license by the Perseus Digital Library, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Digitized from Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary (1879). Data originally from PerseusDL/lexica and accessed from github.com/nkprasad12/lexica.
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testūdō: fem nom/voc sg

• testūdo, ĭnis, f. [testa], a tortoise.
  1. I. Lit., Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133; Plin. 9, 10, 12, § 35; 32, 4, 14, § 32; Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124; 2, 52, 129; Liv. 36, 32, 6; Sen. Ep. 121, 9; Phaedr. 2, 6, 5 al.—Prov.: testudo volat, of any thing impossible, Claud. in Eutr. 1, 352.—
  2. II. Transf., tortoise-shell.
    1. A. Used for overlaying or veneering, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; Verg. G. 2, 463; Ov. M. 2, 737; Mart. 12, 66, 5; Luc. 10, 120; Juv. 14, 308. —
    2. B. From the arched shape of a tortoise-shell.
      1. 1. Of any stringed instrument of music of an arched shape, a lyre, lute, cithern, Verg. G. 4, 464; Hor. C. 3, 11, 3; 4, 3, 17; id. Epod. 14, 11; id. A. P. 395; Val. Fl. 1, 187; 1, 277. —
      2. 2. An arch, vault in buildings (syn.: fornix, camera), Varr. L. L. 5, §§ 79 and 161 Müll.; id. R. R. 3, 5, 1; 3, 6, 4; Cic. Brut. 22, 87; Sisenn. ap. Non. 58, 16; Verg. A. 1, 505. —
      3. 3. In milit. lang., a tortoise, i. e. a covering, shed, shelter so called (cf.: vinea, pluteus), viz.,
        1. a. Made of wood, for the protection of besiegers, Caes. B. G. 5, 43; 5, 52; Vitr. 10, 19 sq. —
        2. b. Formed of the shields of the soldiers held over their heads, Liv. 34, 39, 6; 44, 9, 6; Caes. B. G. 2, 6; Tac. A. 13, 39; id. H. 3, 31; 3, 27; 4, 23; Verg. A. 9, 505; 9, 514 al. —
      4. 4. The covering of the hedgehog, Mart. 13, 86, 1. —
      5. 5. A head-dress in imitation of a lyre, Ov. A. A. 3, 147.
GAF Gaffiot (1)
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Félix Gaffiot, Dictionnaire illustré latin-français (1934). Digital data kindly provided by gaffiot.fr.
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testūdō: fem nom/voc sg

• testūdō, ĭnis, f. (testa),
1. tortue : Cic. Nat. 2, 124 ; Liv. 36, 32, 6 ; Sen. Ep. 121, 9
2. écaille, carapace de tortue ;
  1. a) incrustations d'écaille de tortue : Virg. G. 2, 463 ; Ov. M. 2, 737 ;
  2. b) tout instrument à cordes voûté, lyre, luth, cithare : Cic. Nat. 2, 144 ; Virg. G. 4, 464 ; Hor. O. 3, 11, 3 ;
  3. c) réduit, cour entièrement, couverts : Varro L. 5, 79 ; 5, 161 ; Cic. Br. 87 ; Virg. En. 1, 505 ;
  4. d) [milit.] tortue [machine de guerre : galerie montée sur roues] : Cæs. G. 5, 42, 5 ; 5, 43, 3, [ou] [formation d'attaque des soldats faisant une voûte au-dessus de leurs têtes avec leurs boucliers] : testudine facta Cæs. G. 2, 6, 3 ; 5, 0, 7, etc.; avant fait la tortue, cf. Liv. 34, 39, 6 ; 44, 9, 6 ; Tac. Ann. 13, 39, etc.
  5. e) enveloppe du hérisson : Mart. 13, 86, 1.
GES Gesner (1)
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Johann Matthias Gesner, Novus Linguae et Eruditionis Romanae Thesaurus (1749). Transcribed by the team of Dr. Wilhelm Kühlmann from Heidelberg University; accessed via latin-dict.github.io.
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testūdō: fem nom/voc sg

TESTVDO � inis. f. [χελώνη] Animal amphibium tardigradum, sic dictum, vt ait Varro L. L. 4, 13 p. 21, 34 […]
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FOR Forcellini (1)
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Egidio Forcellini, Totius Latinitatis Lexicon. Digital entries displayed from lexica.linguax.com, maintained by Godmy. All credit belongs to the respective authors and contributors.