English

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Etymology

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Latin

Noun

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tessella (plural tessellae)

  1. A small tessera.

French

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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tessella

  1. third-person singular past historic of tesseller

Latin

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Etymology

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    From tessera (die, cube, square tablet) +‎ -la (diminutive suffix).

    Noun

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    tessella f (genitive tessellae); first declension

    1. A small cube of stone used for paving

    Declension

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    First-declension noun.

    Case Singular Plural
    Nominative tessella tessellae
    Genitive tessellae tessellārum
    Dative tessellae tessellīs
    Accusative tessellam tessellās
    Ablative tessellā tessellīs
    Vocative tessella tessellae

    References

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    • tessella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • tessella”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • tessella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.