Associations to the word «Testudines»
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Wiktionary
TESTUDO, noun. (historical) (Roman antiquity) A shelter formed by a body of troops by holding their shields or targets close together over their heads.
TESTUDO, noun. (music) A kind of lyre; so called in allusion to the lyre of Mercury, fabled to have been made of the shell of a tortoise.
Dictionary definition
TESTUDO, noun. A movable protective covering that provided protection from above; used by Roman troops when approaching the walls of a besieged fortification.
TESTUDO, noun. Type genus of the Testudinidae.
Wise words
We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control
our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we
are then master of the situation.