tessella

English

Etymology

Latin

Noun

tessella (plural tessellae)

  1. A small tessera.

French

Pronunciation

Verb

tessella

  1. third-person singular past historic of tesseller

Latin

Noun

tessella f (genitive tessellae); first declension

  1. A small cube of stone used for paving

Inflection

First declension.

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

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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