tessella
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tessella, tessellae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
small cube, die; tile, shingle (Latham); pane (Erasmus);
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
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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..."