testa.
object made from burnt clay; earthenware jar; fragment of earthenware, shard;
Meaning & usage
a piece of burned clay, brick, tile
a piece of baked earthenware an earthen pot, pitcher, jug, urn
a piece of baked earthenware a sherd, potsherd
a piece of baked earthenware a piece of bone
a piece of baked earthenware ostracon (= ὄστρακον (óstrakon))
a piece of baked earthenware the shell of shellfish or of testaceous animals, shellfish
a piece of baked earthenware skull
a sort of clapping with the flat of the hands (as if with two tiles), in token of applause, invented by Nero
Where this word comes from
Unknown: * Perhaps as if tosta, from torreō (“to burn, parch”). * Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *tₔtḱ-t-, from *tetḱ- (“to create, produce”) (whence Latin texō (“to weave”)), and thus cognate with Middle Persian tšt' (tašt). This is considered unlikely by De Vaan for semantic reasons. * Borrowed from a substrate language, as words for vessels often are.
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