testa

testa ae, f

TERS-, a piece of burned clay, brick, tile : testae tectorum meorum.— A piece of baked earthen-ware, earthen vessel, pot, pitcher, jug, urn : testā ardente, a lamp , V.: (vinum) testā Conditum levi, H.: mihi fundat avitum Condita testa merum, O.— A broken piece of earthen-ware, brick, sherd, potsherd : Testa parem fecit, O.: unde cerebrum testa ferit, Iu.—Among the Greeks, a sherd used in voting, potsherd as a ballot : testarum suffragiis, quod illiὀστρακισμόνvocant, N.— Plur, castanets, bits of bone struck together by dancers : Testarum crepitūs cum verbis, Iu.— A shell, hard covering : nativae: lubrica, i. e. a covering of ice , O.— A shell-fish : non omne mare est generosae fertile testae, H.