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|lshtext=<b>tesca</b>: (tesqua), ōrum (the sing. v. in foll.), n.,<br /><b>I</b> [[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.