testum
Latin
Etymology
From testa (“piece of burned clay”).
Noun
testum n (genitive testī); second declension
- earthenware pot, vessel
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | testum | testa |
| Genitive | testī | testōrum |
| Dative | testō | testīs |
| Accusative | testum | testa |
| Ablative | testō | testīs |
| Vocative | testum | testa |
Descendants
- Eastern Romance:
- Aromanian: tsestu
- Romanian: țest
- Old French: test
- French: test
- French: têt
- → Middle English: test
- English: test (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: test
- → Middle High German: test
- German: Test
- Old Leonese: [Term?]
- Asturian: tiestu
- Old Portuguese: [Term?]
- Galician: testo
- Portuguese: testo
- Old Spanish: [Term?]
- Spanish: tiesto
References
- testum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- testum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette