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|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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