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Meaning of testula | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
[ˈtɛs.tʊ.ɫa]

Definitions

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

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”

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

“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.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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