testudineus

Latin

Etymology

From testūdō (“tortoise”) +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tes.tuːˈdi.ne.us/, [t̪ɛs̠t̪uːˈd̪ɪneʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tes.tuˈdi.ne.us/, [t̪est̪uˈd̪iːneus]

Adjective

testūdineus (feminine testūdinea, neuter testūdineum); first/second-declension adjective

1. testudineous; like a tortoise
2. of or pertaining to a tortoise
3. made of tortoise shell

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	testūdineus	testūdinea	testūdineum		testūdineī	testūdineae	testūdinea
Genitive	testūdineī	testūdineae	testūdineī		testūdineōrum	testūdineārum	testūdineōrum
Dative	testūdineō		testūdineō		testūdineīs
Accusative	testūdineum	testūdineam	testūdineum		testūdineōs	testūdineās	testūdinea
Ablative	testūdineō	testūdineā	testūdineō		testūdineīs
Vocative	testūdinee	testūdinea	testūdineum		testūdineī	testūdineae	testūdinea

Related terms

• testa
• testū
• testūdineātus
• testūdō

Descendants

• → English: testudineous

References

• “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.