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

• Eastern Romance:
  • Aromanian: tsestu
  • Romanian: țest
• Old French: test
  • French: têt, test
  • → Middle English: test
    • English: test (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: test
  • → Middle High German: test
    • German: Test
• Old Leonese:
  • Asturian: tiestu
• Old Galician-Portuguese:
  • Galician: testo
  • Portuguese: testo
• Old Spanish:
  • 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.