testula

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

testŭla, ae, f. dim. [testa], a small potsherd.

I Lit., Col. 11, 3, 3.—

II Transf.

A An earthen lamp , Ser. ap. Diom. p. 511 P. —

B A voting-tablet used by the Athenians , Nep. Arist. 1, 2 (cf. testa, II. C.).

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