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