testudo
testudo · testudos · testudoes
черепаха
A shelter formed by a body of troops holding their shields or targets close together…A shelter formed by a body of troops holding their shields or targets close together over their heads.
Meaning
5 senses(Ancient Rome, historical)A shelter formed by a body of troops holding their shields or targets close together over their heads.
черепа́хаčerepáxa
A shelter of similar shape for miners, etc.
The fornix.
A chelys (kind of lyre)
An encysted tumour.
More definitions
- type genus of the Testudinidae
- a movable protective covering that provided protection from above; used by Roman troops when approaching the walls of a besieged fortification
Translations
2 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
shelter formed by a body of troops holding their shields or targets close together over their heads:
Origin
Unadapted borrowing from Latin testūdō (“tortoise, turtle, lyre, type of military shelter”Unadapted borrowing from Latin testūdō (“tortoise, turtle, lyre, type of military shelter”).
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Forms
plural: testudos / testudoes / testudines| Singular | testudo |
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| Plural | testudos / testudoes / testudines |
regular
Synonyms
3 synonymssheltronchelys lyre
Close in meaning
- type genus of the Testudinidae:genus Testudo