tessella

English

Etymology

From Latin tessella.

Noun

tessella (plural tessellae)

  1. A small tessera.

French

Pronunciation

Verb

tessella

  1. third-person singular past historic of tesseller

Latin

Etymology

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

    Noun

    tessella f (genitive tessellae); first declension

    1. A small cube of stone used for paving

    Declension

    First-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative tessella tessellae
    genitive tessellae tessellārum
    dative tessellae tessellīs
    accusative tessellam tessellās
    ablative tessellā tessellīs
    vocative tessella tessellae

    Descendants

    • → Old English: tasul, tesul (dice)

    References

    • “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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