Associations to the word «Testudo»
Noun
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Wiktionary
TESTUDO, noun. (historical) (Roman antiquity) A shelter formed by a body of troops by holding their shields or targets close together over their heads.
TESTUDO, noun. (music) A kind of lyre; so called in allusion to the lyre of Mercury, fabled to have been made of the shell of a tortoise.
Dictionary definition
TESTUDO, noun. A movable protective covering that provided protection from above; used by Roman troops when approaching the walls of a besieged fortification.
TESTUDO, noun. Type genus of the Testudinidae.
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.