Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Chelys

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

CHELYS (χέλυς, χελώνη). Properly, a Greek word, adopted into the Roman language by poets; but the genuine word is TESTUDO, under which its meanings are illustrated and explained.