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発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtes.tu.la/, [ˈt̪ɛs̠t̪ʊɫ̪ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtes.tu.la/, [ˈt̪ɛst̪ulä]

名詞

testula f (genitive testulae); first declension

1. potsherd
   • 4 CE – c. 70 CE, Columella, De Re Rustica 11.3.31:

     tum testulae vel conchae quasi sedes singulis subiectae seminibus adobruuntur, ut fiant capita latioris incrementi.

     then little tiles or shells are put under-ground, and placed, as it were seats, under each of the plants, that so their heads may become of a larger growth.

2. (transferred sense) An earthen lamp.
   • c. 400 CE, Diomedes, Ars Grammatica p. 511:

     cede testula trita, sol occurrit tibi per speculum, Panope

3. (transferred sense) A voting-tablet used by the Athenians.
   • 110 BCE – 25 BCE, Nepos, Aristides 1.2:

     tamen a Themistocle collabefactus, testula illa exsilio decem annorum multatus est.

     yet being overborne by Themistocles with the ostracism, he was condemned to be banished for ten years.