tessella, tessellae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Lesser
small cube, die; tile, shingle (Latham); pane (Erasmus);
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | tessella | tessellae |
| Gen. | tessellae | tessellarum |
| Dat. | tessellae | tessellis |
| Acc. | tessellam | tessellas |
| Voc. | tessella | tessellae |
| Abl. | tessella | tessellis |
Examples
- D
Satura XI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...exiguas. adeo nulla uncia nobis est eboris, nec tessellae nec calculus ex hac materia, quin ipsa manubria cultellorum..." - L
Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...euenit, lauabatur): uidisse se affirmat in balneo tessellas quibus solum erat stratum alteram ab altera separari iterumque committi..."