bessālis — Lewis & Short
bessālis, e, adj.bes,
I comprising eight:
laterculus,a tile eight inches long, Vitr. 5, 10, 2; 7, 4, 2:
scutula,Mart. 8, 71, 7: clausulae, Porphyr. prooem. ad Hor. Epod.—
II Meton. for any thing of small value:
comula,Petr. 58, 5.