Meaning of testa | Babel Free
[ˈtɛs.ta]Definitions
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by
- a piece of burned clay, brick, tile
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Gaius Trebatius Testa, a Roman jurist
- a piece of baked earthenware
- an earthen pot, pitcher, jug, urn
- a sherd, potsherd
- a piece of bone
- ostracon (= ὄστρακον (óstrakon))
- the shell of shellfish or of testaceous animals, shellfish
-
skull Late-Latin, declension-1, feminine
- a sort of clapping with the flat of the hands (as if with two tiles), in token of applause, invented by Nero
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Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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