tessella
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
tessella (plural tessellae)
- A small tessera.
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
tessella
- third-person singular past historic of tesseller
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From tessera (“die, cube, square tablet”) + -la (diminutive suffix).
Noun edit
tessella f (genitive tessellae); first declension
Declension edit
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 edit
- “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.
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