tesca

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

tesca: (tesqua), ōrum (the sing. v. in foll.), n.,
I rough or wild regions, wastes, deserts: tesqua sive tescua κατάκρημνοι καὶ ῥάχεις καὶ ἔρημοι τόποι,> Gloss. Philox.: deserta et tesca loca, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 11 Müll.; v. Varr. in loc.: loca aspera, saxea tesca tuor, Cic. poët. ap. Fest. pp. 356 and 357 Müll.; so, deserta et inhospita tesca, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 19: nemorosa, Luc. 6, 41: remota, App. Flor. p. 358, 22; cf. id. ib. p. 348, 22. Such places were sacred to the gods: loca quaedam agrestia, quae alicujus dei sunt, dicuntur tesca, Varr. l. l.—Sing.: templum tescumque finito in sinistrum, an old religious formula, Varr. l. l.; cf. Fest. l. l.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

tesca¹⁶ (tesqua), ōrum, n., contrées sauvages, lieux déserts : Acc. d. Varro L. 7, 11 ; Cic. d. P. Fest. Fr. 15, 31 ; Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 19 || sing. tescum Varro L. 7, 8 [dans une vieille formule religieuse], cf. Fest. 356 ; P. Fest. 357.

Latin > German (Georges)

tesca (tesqua), ōrum, n. (mit u. ohne loca), unfruchtbare, rauhe, von der Stadt entfernte Haiden, Steppen, Einöden, tesqua loca, Acc. fr.: tesca saxa, Enn. fr.: tesqua deserta et inhospita, Hor.: tesqua remota, Apul. – Sing. tescum, ī, n., alte Religionsformel bei Varro LL. 7, 8.

Latin > Chinese

tesca vel tesqua, orum. m. :: 等兆之寂處