segmenta
Dictionary entries
- Entry →segmentum, segmenti:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Cassell's Latin Dictionary
cutting, shred; borders/patches (pl.) of purple or gold;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Satura II
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...mulier uitulum uel si bos ederet agnum? segmenta et longos habitus et flammea sumit arcano qui sacra ferens..."Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...virgineumque chorum. Quid de veste loquar? Nec vos, segmenta, requiro Nec te, quae Tyrio murice, lana, rubes..."
