testudon.

/tɛˈstjuːdəʊ/

Forms: Also 1600s (in anglicized form) testude.

Etymology: < Latin testūdo tortoise, etc., < testa a pot, shell, etc.: see test n.²

1. Pathology. = Talpa n.¹ 2: see quots.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of nervous system > [noun] > disorders of brain > brain tumour

testudoc1400

Talpa1684

glioma1870

psammoma1872

myxoglioma1878

gliomatosis1886

gliosis1892

cephalhaematoma1900

meningioma1922

medulloblastoma1925

glioblastoma multiforme1926

space-occupying lesion1937

neuroglioblastoma1985

c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 215 Testudines..ben engendrid of hard fleume.

1684 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. 279 Testudo is a soft, large Swelling, or not very hard, in the Head, broad, in form of an Arch or Tortoise.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Testudo, in Medicine, a soft broad Tumour, or gathering of impure Humours between the Scull and the Skin, call'd also Talpa, as resembling the Form of a Tortoise or a Mole.

1842 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 3) Testudo,..an encysted tumour, which has been supposed to resemble the shell of a turtle.

2. Zoology. The typical genus of the tortoise family, Testudinidæ; a member of this genus.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > reptiles > order Chelonia (turtles and tortoises) > [noun] > member of

snaila1387

testudo?1527

chelonian1828

testudinian1854

testudinate1880

cheloniad1881

?1527 L. Andrewe tr. Noble Lyfe Bestes sig. vi^v Testudo is a fysshe in a shelle & is in y^e se of Inde & his shelle is very great & like a muskle.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Testudo,..the Tortoise, or Shell-crab.

1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 112 The Testudo has four legs, and its body is covered with a firm shell.

3. Roman History.

a. An engine of war used by besiegers, consisting of a screen or shelter, with a strong and usually fire-proof arched roof; it was wheeled up to the walls, which could then be attacked in safety. Also applied to similar contrivances in more recent times.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > engine of war > [noun] > movable shed

sow1297

mantel1357

snail1408

vinet1408

whelk1408

circlec1440

barbed-cat1489

mantle1489

mantlet1524

vine1565

tortoise1569

sow-guard1582

penthouse1600

penticle1600

target-roof1601

vinea1601

fence-roof1609

testudo1609

cat-house1614

vineyard1650

tortoiseshell1726

manta1829

cat1833

ram-house1850

tortoise-roof1855

bear1865

1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxiii. iv. 222 There is a mightie Testudo or frame made, strengthened with very long pieces of timber.

1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman ix. 73 All engines of warre..Sambukes, Catapultes, Testudo's, Scorpions.

1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 150 A Ram-engine..which, together with its testude, they setled on its wheels.

1644 Lanc. Tracts (Chetham Soc.) 187 A kind of testudo, a wooden engine running on wheeles, rooft towards the house with thick planks.

b. A shelter formed by a body of troops locking their shields together above their heads.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > formation > [noun] > compact formation > shield-wall or testudo

pavisea1460

target-fence1598

pavisade1600

target-roof1601

pavisado1609

tortoiseshella1661

testudoa1680

tortoise1697

shield-wall1880

shield-hedge1892

shield-ring1892

a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 174 He will join as many Shields together as would make a Roman testudo.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Testudo,..a Target-Fence.

1801 A. Ranken Hist. France I. 65 A testudo preceded the main body; and two detachments..were ready..to rush out on the enemy's wings.

1827 J. Robinson Archæol. Græca (ed. 2) iv. ix. 372 The military testudo,..was when the soldiers were drawn up close to each other, and the rear ranks, bowing themselves, placed their targets above their heads.

c. transferred and figurative. (See quots.)

ΚΠ

1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Testudo,..is now applied to objects..employed as defenses for miners, etc. when working in ground or rock which is liable to cave in.

1903 Daily Chron. 30 Mar. 6/4 The stands were crowded, and a vast ‘testudo’ of gleaming umbrellas showed during those wild two hours how much the wretched dared.

4. Ancient Music. (See quots.)

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > harp or lyre > [noun] > lyre > other lyres

testudo1702

trigon1728

trigonon1728

trigonum1738

phorminx1776

veena1789

tortoise-lyrea1822

kissar1864

nyatiti1964

1702 Sir T. Molyneux in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 23 1270 Who..could compose such sweet Harmony upon the Guilded Lyre or Testudo.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Testudo, in Antiquity, was particularly us'd among the Poets, &c. for the ancient Lyre; by Reason it was originally made, by its Inventor Mercury, of the Back or hollow Shell of a..Sea Tortoise.

1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 294 It is disputed whether this lyre is the same as the cithara, or testudo.

Compounds

testudo-shaped adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > curved surface > [adjective] > like vault or dome

coping1601

oversiling1632

concamerated1666

vaulted1681

testudinated1727

domed1775

testudinal1823

testudinate1847

testudo-shaped1875

1875 J. H. Pollen Anc. & Mod. Furnit. 19 Occasionally they were covered in wholly with a testudo-shaped roof.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	testudo
释义	testudon. /tɛˈstjuːdəʊ/ Forms: Also 1600s (in anglicized form) testude. Etymology: < Latin testūdo tortoise, etc., < testa a pot, shell, etc.: see test n.² 1. Pathology. = Talpa n.¹ 2: see quots. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of nervous system > [noun] > disorders of brain > brain tumour testudoc1400 Talpa1684 glioma1870 psammoma1872 myxoglioma1878 gliomatosis1886 gliosis1892 cephalhaematoma1900 meningioma1922 medulloblastoma1925 glioblastoma multiforme1926 space-occupying lesion1937 neuroglioblastoma1985 c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 215 Testudines..ben engendrid of hard fleume. 1684 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. 279 Testudo is a soft, large Swelling, or not very hard, in the Head, broad, in form of an Arch or Tortoise. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Testudo, in Medicine, a soft broad Tumour, or gathering of impure Humours between the Scull and the Skin, call'd also Talpa, as resembling the Form of a Tortoise or a Mole. 1842 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 3) Testudo,..an encysted tumour, which has been supposed to resemble the shell of a turtle. 2. Zoology. The typical genus of the tortoise family, Testudinidæ; a member of this genus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Chelonia (turtles and tortoises) > [noun] > member of snaila1387 testudo?1527 chelonian1828 testudinian1854 testudinate1880 cheloniad1881 ?1527 L. Andrewe tr. Noble Lyfe Bestes sig. vi^v Testudo is a fysshe in a shelle & is in y^e se of Inde & his shelle is very great & like a muskle. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Testudo,..the Tortoise, or Shell-crab. 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 112 The Testudo has four legs, and its body is covered with a firm shell. 3. Roman History. a. An engine of war used by besiegers, consisting of a screen or shelter, with a strong and usually fire-proof arched roof; it was wheeled up to the walls, which could then be attacked in safety. Also applied to similar contrivances in more recent times. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > engine of war > [noun] > movable shed sow1297 mantel1357 snail1408 vinet1408 whelk1408 circlec1440 barbed-cat1489 mantle1489 mantlet1524 vine1565 tortoise1569 sow-guard1582 penthouse1600 penticle1600 target-roof1601 vinea1601 fence-roof1609 testudo1609 cat-house1614 vineyard1650 tortoiseshell1726 manta1829 cat1833 ram-house1850 tortoise-roof1855 bear1865 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxiii. iv. 222 There is a mightie Testudo or frame made, strengthened with very long pieces of timber. 1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman ix. 73 All engines of warre..Sambukes, Catapultes, Testudo's, Scorpions. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 150 A Ram-engine..which, together with its testude, they setled on its wheels. 1644 Lanc. Tracts (Chetham Soc.) 187 A kind of testudo, a wooden engine running on wheeles, rooft towards the house with thick planks. b. A shelter formed by a body of troops locking their shields together above their heads. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > formation > [noun] > compact formation > shield-wall or testudo pavisea1460 target-fence1598 pavisade1600 target-roof1601 pavisado1609 tortoiseshella1661 testudoa1680 tortoise1697 shield-wall1880 shield-hedge1892 shield-ring1892 a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 174 He will join as many Shields together as would make a Roman testudo. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Testudo,..a Target-Fence. 1801 A. Ranken Hist. France I. 65 A testudo preceded the main body; and two detachments..were ready..to rush out on the enemy's wings. 1827 J. Robinson Archæol. Græca (ed. 2) iv. ix. 372 The military testudo,..was when the soldiers were drawn up close to each other, and the rear ranks, bowing themselves, placed their targets above their heads. c. transferred and figurative. (See quots.) ΚΠ 1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Testudo,..is now applied to objects..employed as defenses for miners, etc. when working in ground or rock which is liable to cave in. 1903 Daily Chron. 30 Mar. 6/4 The stands were crowded, and a vast ‘testudo’ of gleaming umbrellas showed during those wild two hours how much the wretched dared. 4. Ancient Music. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > harp or lyre > [noun] > lyre > other lyres testudo1702 trigon1728 trigonon1728 trigonum1738 phorminx1776 veena1789 tortoise-lyrea1822 kissar1864 nyatiti1964 1702 Sir T. Molyneux in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 23 1270 Who..could compose such sweet Harmony upon the Guilded Lyre or Testudo. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Testudo, in Antiquity, was particularly us'd among the Poets, &c. for the ancient Lyre; by Reason it was originally made, by its Inventor Mercury, of the Back or hollow Shell of a..Sea Tortoise. 1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 294 It is disputed whether this lyre is the same as the cithara, or testudo. Compounds testudo-shaped adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > curved surface > [adjective] > like vault or dome coping1601 oversiling1632 concamerated1666 vaulted1681 testudinated1727 domed1775 testudinal1823 testudinate1847 testudo-shaped1875 1875 J. H. Pollen Anc. & Mod. Furnit. 19 Occasionally they were covered in wholly with a testudo-shaped roof. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1400
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