English Dictionary

testudo

名詞

古代ローマ 歴史的

(Ancient Rome, military, historical) A shelter formed by a body of troops holding their shields or targets close together over their heads. / A shelter of similar shape for miners, etc.

日本語の意味

（古代ローマの軍事において）兵士たちが盾を頭上に密着させて構成する防御陣形、亀甲陣形 / （鉱山などにおいて）同様の形状を持つ仮設の避難所

The legion formed a tight testudo to advance toward the fortress under a rain of arrows.

軍団は矢の雨の中、要塞に近づくために堅い亀甲陣を組んだ。

意味（1）

(Ancient Rome, military, historical) A shelter formed by a body of troops holding their shields or targets close together over their heads.

意味（2）

A shelter of similar shape for miners, etc.

意味（3）

(anatomy) The fornix.

意味（4）

(music) A kind of lyre; so called in allusion to the lyre of Mercury, fabled to have been made of the shell of a tortoise.

意味（5）

(pathology) An encysted tumour.

testudos （ plural ）

testudoes （ plural ）

testudines （ plural ）