tessellatus

Latin

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres

Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores

Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares)bor.

Latin tessera

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lus

Latin tessella

Latin -ātus

Latin tessellatus

From tessella +‎ -ātus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tes.selˈlaː.tus/, [t̪ɛs̠ːɛlˈlʲäːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tes.selˈla.tus/, [t̪esːelˈläːt̪us]

Adjective

tessellātus (feminine tessellāta, neuter tessellātum); first/second-declension adjective

1. tesselated
2. (relational) mosaic

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	tessellātus	tessellāta	tessellātum		tessellātī	tessellātae	tessellāta
Genitive	tessellātī	tessellātae	tessellātī		tessellātōrum	tessellātārum	tessellātōrum
Dative	tessellātō		tessellātō		tessellātīs
Accusative	tessellātum	tessellātam	tessellātum		tessellātōs	tessellātās	tessellāta
Ablative	tessellātō	tessellātā	tessellātō		tessellātīs
Vocative	tessellāte	tessellāta	tessellātum		tessellātī	tessellātae	tessellāta

Related terms

• tessella

References

• “tessellatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tessellatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.