testācĕus (TESTACIVS, Inscr. Orell. 4353), a, um, adj. [testa].
I Consisting of bricks or tiles , brick- , tile- : structura, Vitr. 2, 8 fin. : pavimentum, id. , 7, 4, fin. : Col. 1, 6, 13: opus, Plin. Ep. 10, 37, 2; 10, 39, 4: MONVMENTVM, Inscr. Orell. 4354. —
B Subst.: testācĕum , i, n., a kind of brick , Plin. 36, 23, 55, § 176; Pall. Mai. 11, 3.—
II Covered with a shell , testaceous : omnia, shell fish , testacea , Plin. 32, 5, 20, § 58; cf. operimentum, id. 11, 37, 55, § 153 (Jahn, testeus).—
III Brick-colored : gemmae, Plin. 37, 7, 31, § 106: pira, id. 15, 15, 16, § 55.