fragmentum — Lewis & Short
fragmentum, i, n.FRAG, frango,
I a piece broken off, a piece, remnant, fragment (class.; mostly in plur.; cf.: frustum, segmentum).
(a) Plur.:
inermem atque imparatum tribunum alii gladiis adoriuntur, alii fragmentis septorum et fustibus,Cic. Sest. 37, 79:
tegularum,Liv. 34, 39, 11:
ramorum,id. 23, 24, 10;
for which ramea,Verg. G. 4, 304:
avulsarum tabularum remorumque,Curt. 9, 9:
crystalli,Plin. 37, 2, 10, § 29:
panis,crumbs, Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 25.— Poet.:
Emathiae ruinae,i. e. the remains of the army, Luc. 9, 33.—
(b) Sing.:
fragmentum lapidis,Cic. N. D. 2, 32, 82.