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emblema

inlaid work

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Where it lives

Psychomachia 1 · 1.67/10k
In C. Verrem 7 · 0.7/10k
Orator 1 · 0.54/10k
Brutus 1 · 0.4/10k
Institutio Oratoria 1 · 0.06/10k
Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

emblēma — Lewis & Short

emblēma, ătis (

I abl. plur. emblematis, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 22; * Quint. 2, 4, 27), n., = e)/mblhma, inlaid work.

I Raised ornaments on vessels, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 17; 22 sq.; Dig. 34, 2, 32 et saep.—

II Tessellated work, mosaic, Lucil. ap. Cic. Or. 44; id. de Or. 3, 43, 171; id. Brut. 79, 274; Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 4.

In the wild

emblematum Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.4.54
emblemate Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 36.25.p2
emblemate Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 33.12.p2
emblematis Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.4.37
emblemate Cicero, Orator 149
emblemate Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.4.49

6 of 13 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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