Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Testudineatus

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. 

TESTUDINEA'TUS or -DINA'TUS. Formed in the shape of a testudo, as applied to the roofs and ceilings of houses (Vitruv. ii. 1. 4. Columell. xii. 15. 1); see TESTUDO, 2.