testum

Latin

Etymology

From testa (“piece of burned clay”).

Noun

testum n (genitive testī); second declension

1. earthenware pot, vessel

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	testum	testa
Genitive	testī	testōrum
Dative	testō	testīs
Accusative	testum	testa
Ablative	testō	testīs
Vocative	testum	testa

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: tsestu
  • Romanian: țest
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: testo, teschio (< *testulum)
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: test
    • French: têt, test
    • → Middle English: test
      • English: test (see there for further descendants)
      • Scots: test
    • → Middle High German: test
      • German: Test
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: test
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: tiestu
  • Galician: testo
  • Portuguese: testo
  • 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.