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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=testa testae N F :: [[object made from burnt clay]]; [[earthenware jar]]; [[fragment of earthenware]], [[shard]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>testa</b>: ae, f. = tosta, from [[torreo]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[piece]] of burned [[clay]], a [[brick]], [[tile]], [[ὄστρακον]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., Cic. Dom. 23, 61; [[Cato]], R. R. 18, 7; 18, 110; Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 6; Vitr. 2, 8 fin.; 7, 1; 7, 4; Aus. Parent. 11, 9.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A [[piece]] of [[baked]] [[earthen]]-[[ware]], an [[earthen]] [[pot]], [[pitcher]], [[jug]], [[urn]], etc. (cf. [[testu]]): si [[Prometheus]] ... a vicinis cum testā ambulans carbunculos corrogaret, Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9: testā cum ardente viderent Scintillare [[oleum]], a [[lamp]], Verg. G. 1, 391: quo [[semel]] est imbuta [[recens]], servabit odorem Testa diu, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 70; cf. Tib. 2, 3, 47: accipiat [[Manes]] parvula [[testa]] meos, Prop. 2, 13, 32 (3, 5, 16): [[vinum]] Graeca [[quod]] testā conditum levi, Hor. C. 1, 20, 2; 3, 21, 4: mihi fundat avitum Condita [[testa]] [[merum]], Ov. A. A. 2, 696; Mart. 12, 48, 8; 12, 63, 2; 13, 7, 1; Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 114.—Used in [[applause]]: audiat [[ille]] Testarum [[crepitus]] cum verbis, Juv. 11, 170 (cf. F. [[infra]]).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[broken]] [[piece]] of [[earthen]]-[[ware]], [[pottery]], [[brick]], etc.; a [[sherd]], [[potsherd]]: dissipatis imbricum fragminibus ac [[testis]] tegularum, Sisenn. ap. Non. 125, 18: [[testa]] parem fecit, Ov. M. 8, 662: fulcitur testā [[mensa]], Mart. 2, 43, 10; Plin. 32, 8, 28, § 89; 35, 3, 5, § 16; Tac. H. 5, 6; Prop. 4 (5), 7, 28; Juv. 3, 260.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transf., a [[piece]] of [[bone]], Cels. 8, 16; so of fragments of a [[broken]] [[tooth]], id. 6, 9 med.; 7, 22.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Like [[ὄστρακον]],> a [[sherd]], [[potsherd]], in the [[ostracism]] or [[judicial]] voting of the Greeks: testarum suffragiis, [[quod]] [[illi]] ὀστρακισμὸν vocant, Nep. Cim. 3, 1; cf. also [[testula]].—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> The [[shell]] of [[shell]]-[[fish]] or of testaceous animals: genera beluarum ad saxa nativis [[testis]] inhaerentium, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 100: ostreae, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 60: muricum, id. 32, 7, 27, § 84: cochlearum, id. 30, 8, 21, § 66: testudinis, Varr. L. L. 5, § 79 Müll. —Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> A [[shell]]-[[fish]]: non omne [[mare]] generosae [[fertile]] testae, Hor. S. 2, 4, 31: marina, id. ib. 2, 8, 53.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> A [[shell]] or [[covering]], in gen.: lubricaque immotas [[testa]] premebat aquas, i. e. an [[icy]] [[shell]], [[covering]] of [[ice]], Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 38: lubrica, Poët. ap. Anthol. Lat. 2, p. 62 Burm.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> The [[skull]]: [[testa]] hominis, nudum jam cute [[calvitium]], Aus. Epigr. 72; Prud. στεφ. 10, 761; Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 1; 2, 1 fin. ([[hence]], Ital. [[testa]] and Fr. tēte).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>E</b> A [[brick]]-colored [[spot]] on the [[face]], Plin. 26, 15, 92, § 163; 48. 12, 50, § 185.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>F</b> A [[sort]] of clapping [[with]] the [[flat]] of the hands (as if [[with]] [[two]] tiles), in token of [[applause]], invented by [[Nero]], Suet. Ner 20. >
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) [[testa]],¹¹ æ, f.,<br /><b>1</b> brique, tuile : Cic. Domo 61 ; [[Cato]] Agr. 18, 7 ; [[Varro]] R. 2, 3, 6<br /><b>2</b> vase en terre cuite, pot, cruche : Her. 4, 9 ; Plin. 31, 114, etc. &#124;&#124; amphore : Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 70 &#124;&#124; lampe d’argile : Virg. G. 1, 391<br /><b>3</b> fragment de poterie, tesson, débris de tuile, etc. : [[Sisenna]] d. Non. 125, 18 ; Tac. H. 5, 6 ; Ov. M. 8, 662 ; Mart. 2, 43, 10 ; Plin. 36, 167, etc. &#124;&#124; [fig.] esquille d’os : Col. Rust. 8, 16, etc. &#124;&#124; [métaph.] tache de rouge au visage : Plin. 26, 163<br /><b>4</b> écaille, coquille [servant au vote chez les Grecs, [[ὄστρακον]] : Nep. Cim. 3, 1<br /><b>5</b> coquille des mollusques : Cic. Nat. 2, 100 ; Plin. 32, 60, &#124;&#124; [d’où] huître : Hor. S. 2, 4, 31 &#124;&#124; carapace de tortue : [[Varro]] L. 5, 79 &#124;&#124; [poét.] carapace [en parl. de la glace] : Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 38 &#124;&#124; crâne : Aus. Epigr. 72<br /><b>6</b> pl. testæ, [sorte d’applaudissement inventé par Néron] les tuiles = le plat des mains : Suet. [[Nero]] 20.
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{{Georges
|georg=tēsta, ae, f. ([[wohl]] aus *tersta; vgl. [[terra]] u. [[torreo]]), jedes aus [[Ton]] Gebrannte: I) eig.: 1) jedes irdene [[Geschirr]], [[Flasche]], [[Krug]], [[Urne]], [[Leuchter]], [[Topf]], Stürze, si cum [[testa]] ambulans carbunculos corrogaret, Cornif. rhet.: testisque tegit, Verg.: iuncta [[testa]] viae, Pißgeschirr, Mart.: zum Öl, Mart.: testā ardente, [[Lampe]], Verg.: accipiat [[manes]] parvula [[testa]] meos, Prop.: [[vinum]] Graecā testā [[conditum]], [[Flasche]] [[oder]] irdenes [[Gefäß]], Hor.: [[fervens]] [[testa]], zum Brotbacken, Sen. – 2) der [[Ziegelstein]], Brandstein, (griech. οστρακον), a) eig., [[Varro]] u. Cic.: [[testa]] trita, Plin., od. bl. [[testa]], Vitr., Ziegelmehl. – b) meton.: α) der ziegelfarbige [[Fleck]] im [[Gesicht]], Plin. 26, 163 u. 185. – β) Plur. testae = das [[Klatschen]] [[mit]] den flachen Händen ([[wie]] [[mit]] Ziegelsteinen), Suet. Ner. 20, 3. – 3) die [[Scherbe]], der Scherben, a) übh., Ov., Plin. u.a.: [[gelu]] pruinisque dirumpi in testas, in Stücke [[zersplittern]] (v. Steinen), Plin. 36, 167. – b) insbes. = οστρακον, die [[Scherbe]] beim gerichtlichen [[Abstimmen]] der Griechen, testarum suffragia, [[Scherbengericht]] (griech. [[ὀστρακισμός]]), Nep. Cim. 3, 1. – II) übtr.: 1) die [[Schale]] der Schaltiere, a) eig., [[als]] Muscheln, Austern, Schnecken, Cic. u. Plin.: der [[Schildkröte]], [[Varro]]: ovi vacuati [[testa]] ex [[utroque]] [[suo]] vertice perforata, Cael. Aur. de morb. chron. 3, 2, 43. – b) meton., das [[Schaltier]], Hor. [[sat]]. 2, 4, 31. – c) poet. übtr.: α) die [[Schale]], [[Decke]] = das [[Eis]], lubrica [[testa]], Ov. trist. 3, 10, 38. – β) die Hirnschale (italien. [[testa]], franz. tête), [[Auson]]. u.a. (s. Amman Cael. Aur. de morb. chron. 1, 1, 6. p. 627). – 2) das Knochenstück, Cels. 6, 13 u.a.
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{{trml
|trtx====[[potsherd]]===
Afrikaans: potskerf; Bulgarian: чиреп; Catalan: padellàs; Dutch: [[potscherf]]; English: [[potshard]], [[potsherd]], [[pot-sherd]]; Finnish: ruukunsirpale; Galician: testo; German: [[Scherbe]], [[Tonscherbe]], [[Topfscherbe]]; Greek: [[θραύσμα]], [[θραύσμα κεραμικού σκεύους]], [[θραύσμα πήλινου σκεύους]], [[όστρακο]], [[όστρακον]], [[πήλινο σπάραγμα]]; Ancient Greek: [[ὄστρακον]]; Italian: [[coccio]]; Latin: [[testa]]; Macedonian: откршок, цреп, црепче; Maori: maramara rīhi; Navajo: kitsʼiil; Portuguese: [[caco]]; Spanish: [[casco]], [[tiesto]]; Swahili: gae; Swedish: krukskärva; Telugu: చిల్లపెంకు; Yiddish: שאַרבן‎; Yoruba: àpádìdì, àpáàdì
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=&#42;testa, ae. f. :: [[凍冰]]<br />testa, ae. f. :: [[瓦器]]。[[快艇類]]。[[鑼類]]。[[瓦器塊]]。[[骨塊]]。[[负甲殼]]。[[骷髏]]。[[甲魚]]
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