Meaning of testula | Babel Free

Definitions

1. potsherd
   declension-1, feminine
2. An earthen lamp.
   declension-1, feminine
3. A voting-tablet used by the Athenians.
   declension-1, feminine

Equivalents

Examples

“tum testulae vel conchae quasi sedes singulis subiectae seminibus adobruuntur, ut fiant capita latioris incrementi.”

then little tiles or shells are put under-ground, and placed, as it were seats, under each of the plants, that so their heads may become of a larger growth.

“cede testula trita, sol occurrit tibi per speculum, Panope”

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“tamen a Themistocle collabefactus, testula illa exsilio decem annorum multatus est.”

yet being overborne by Themistocles with the ostracism, he was condemned to be banished for ten years.

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