English search results for: tortoise
#1
noun
- declension: 3rd declension
- gender: feminine
Definitions:
- armored movable shed
- testudo
- tortoise
- troops locking shields overhead
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Frequent, top 2000+ words
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Source:
General, unknown or too common to say
#2
noun
Definitions:
- lyre, harp
- tortoise
- tortoise shell (from which lyres were made)
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
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Source:
Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#3
noun
Definitions:
- lyre, harp
- tortoise
- tortoise shell (from which lyres were made)
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4
noun
Definitions:
- constellation Lyra
- lyre/harp (made originally from a tortoise shell)
- tortoise
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#5
noun
Definitions:
- kind of toad (L+S)
- land tortoise
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#6
noun
- declension: 2nd declension
- gender: neuter
Definitions:
- shell of a horned tortoise
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#7
noun
- declension: 3rd declension
- gender: feminine
Definitions:
- (like a tortoise L+S)
- precious stone
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#8
noun
Definitions:
- shell of horned tortoise
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
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Source:
Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)