Testa, testæ. f. g. Tibul. An earthen pot: a galley cup: sometime a lot that the Greekhs call Ostracus. Apta mero testa.Ouid.Ignem curta fert rustica testa Ouid.Lubrica testa.Ouid.Ise.Pia testa. Hor. An holy or good cup of wine. Testa. Vitru. Burnt tile: bricke.Testa tusa. Pli. Bricke or tile beaten to pouder. Testa oui vel limacis. Pla The shel of an egge or a snaile.Nariuæ testæ.Cic. Testæ. Hor. Al maner of shel fish. Testa. Cels. A peece of bone broken. Also a sharde of a potte or tile.
Testis, huius testis, com. ge. A witnesse: a testis: a giuer of euidence: one that is priuie to a thing. Testis. Plin. A mans stone. Testibus præsentibus aliquid facere: cui contrarium Clam & furtim. Plau. To do a thing in presence of men.Teste Herodoto. Plin. As Herodotus witnesseth.Sine teste dolore. Mar. To sorrow in ward making no shew of it.Testis & conscius alicuius rei.Cic.Testis ofsicij, vel rerum gestarum.Cic.De re aliqua testis.Cic.A witnesse of.Testis in aliquam rem.Cic. Acerrimi testes, Vide ACER adiectiuum.Cupidus testis, iratus, coniuratus, ab religione alienus, &c.Cic.Falsus testis.Iuuen.Grauis & Leuis testis, contraria.Cic.Humiles testes Quint.Incorruptus atque integer testis.Cic.Ingens testis factus inimici. Plin. Locuples testis, Vide Locuples in LOCVS.Locupletissimus & certissimus testis.Cic.Mercenarij testes.Cic.Oculatus testis, Vide OCVLVS.Testis optimus.Cic. Potentes testes Quint. Religiosus testis.Cic.An intire and vpright witnesse.Viuus & præsens testis.Cic. Voluntatius. Quint. Abducere testibus.Cic.To withdraw men from the tryal by witnesses.Testis abest somno.Ouid.Accommodare testes ad rem aliquam, Vide ACCOMMODO.Adhibere testes, Vide ADHIBEO.Cædere testibus, Vide CAEDO.Citare testes in rem aliquam.Cic.To alledge or to bring in witnesses.Citetur Salamis clarissimæ testis victoriæ.Cic.Colligere testes stultiæ suæ quamplurimos domestico præconio. Cic.Comperire testibus.Cic.To finde and proue by witnesses.Conducti vendunt periuria testes.Ouid.Constiruere testes vel testem, Vide CONSTITVO.Constituere aliquem testem & spectatorem aliquarum rerum. Ci. Dare testes Ci.Excitare testes ex monumentis annalium.Planum facere testibus.Cic. Deum habere testem. Ci. Iacêre testibus. Vide IACEO. Imponere testem.Cic. Infirmare testes. Ci. Producere testes. Quint. Recitare suum codicem loco testis.Reuocare testes.Cic.Subleuare testes.Plin. iun.To helpe witnesses.Vacillat testis, apud luriscon.The witnesse altereth in hys tale.Vti testibus.Cic.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
testa, ae, f. [ = tosta, from torreo], a piece of burned clay, a brick, tile, o)/strakon.I.Lit., Cic. Dom. 23, 61; Cato, R. R. 18, 7; 18, 110; Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 6; Vitr. 2, 8 fin.; 7, 1; 7, 4; Aus. Parent. 11, 9.—II.Transf.A.A piece of baked earthen-ware, an earthen pot, pitcher, jug, urn, etc. (cf. testu): si Prometheus ... a vicinis cum testā ambulans carbunculos corrogaret, Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9: testā cum ardente viderent Scintillare oleum,
a lamp
, Verg. G. 1, 391: quo semel est imbuta recens, servabit odorem Testa diu, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 70; cf. Tib. 2, 3, 47: accipiat Manes parvula testa meos, Prop. 2, 13, 32 (3, 5, 16): vinum Graeca quod testā conditum levi, Hor. C. 1, 20, 2; 3, 21, 4: mihi fundat avitum Condita testa merum, Ov. A. A. 2, 696; Mart. 12, 48, 8; 12, 63, 2; 13, 7, 1; Plin. 31, 10, 46, 114.—Used in applause: audiat ille Testarum crepitus cum verbis, Juv. 11, 170 (cf. F. infra).—B.A broken piece of earthen-ware, pottery, brick, etc.; a sherd, potsherd: dissipatis imbricum fragminibus ac testis tegularum, Sisenn. ap. Non. 125, 18: testa parem fecit, Ov. M. 8, 662: fulcitur testā mensa, Mart. 2, 43, 10; Plin. 32, 8, 28, 89; 35, 3, 5, 16; Tac. H. 5, 6; Prop. 4 (5), 7, 28; Juv. 3, 260.—Hence, 2.Transf., a piece of bone, Cels. 8, 16; so of fragments of a broken tooth, id. 6, 9 med.; 7, 22.—C. Like o)/strakon,a sherd, potsherd, in the ostracism or judicial voting of the Greeks: testarum suffragiis, quod illi o)strakismo\n vocant, Nep. Cim. 3, 1; cf. also testula.—D.The shell of shell-fish or of testaceous animals: genera beluarum ad saxa nativis testis inhaerentium, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 100: ostreae, Plin. 32, 6, 21, 60: muricum, id. 32, 7, 27, 84: cochlearum, id. 30, 8, 21, 66: testudinis, Varr. L. L. 5, 79 Müll. —Hence, 2.Transf.a.A shell-fish: non omne mare generosae fertile testae, Hor. S. 2, 4, 31: marina, id. ib. 2, 8, 53.—b.A shell or covering, in gen.: lubricaque immotas testa premebat aquas, i. e.
an icy shell
,
covering of ice
, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 38: lubrica, Poët. ap. Anthol. Lat. 2, p. 62 Burm.—c.The skull: testa hominis, nudum jam cute calvitium, Aus. Epigr. 72; Prud. stef. 10, 761; Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 1; 2, 1fin. (hence, Ital. testa and Fr. tēte).—E.A brick-colored spot on the face, Plin. 26, 15, 92, 163; 48. 12, 50, 185.—F.A sort of clapping with the flat of the hands (as if with two tiles), in token of applause, invented by Nero, Suet. Ner 20.