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.
| 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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- Latin terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
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- Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms suffixed with -lus
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