The corpus record — Latin

laterculus

laterculus · m

A small brick

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Where it lives

Adversus Valentinianos 1 · 1.57/10k
De agri cultura 2 · 1.28/10k
Poenulus 1 · 0.91/10k
Historiae Alexandri Magni 3 · 0.4/10k
De Bello Civili 1 · 0.31/10k

What it meant

lătercŭlus — Lewis & Short

lătercŭlus (lătĕrĭcŭlus, i, m.dim.id..

Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 2),

I A small brick or tile: hanc contignationem laterculo astruxerunt, Caes. l. l.: sacellum factum crudis laterculis, Plin. 30, 7, 20, § 63: observationes siderum coctilibus laterculis inscriptae, id. 7, 56, 57, § 193.—

II Transf.

A A kind of pastry, so called because shaped like a tile, Cato, R. R. 109: nihil nisi laterculos, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 115.—

B Among the agrimensores, a tile-shaped piece of land, Sic. Fl. de Cond. Agr. p. 2 Goes.

In the wild

laterculos Cato, De agri cultura 109
laterculo Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni 5.1.25
laterculos Plautus, Poenulus 1.2
laterculo Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni 7.3.8
latericulo Julius Caesar, De Bello Civili 2.9.2
laterculo Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni 5.1.29

6 of 8 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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