The corpus record — Latin

tesserula

tesserula · f

a little

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Where it lives

Saturae 1 · 2.21/10k
Orator 1 · 0.54/10k
Noctes Atticae 2 · 0.18/10k
De Oratore 1 · 0.17/10k
Institutio Oratoria 1 · 0.06/10k

What it meant

tesserŭla — Lewis & Short

tesserŭla, ae, f.dim.id.,

I a little tessera. *

I A square bit of stone for paving, Lucil. ap. Cic. Or. 44, 149.—*

II A votingtablet, = a ballot, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 18.—

III A small tally or counter, Gell. 10, 27, 5.—Esp., a ticket for the distribution of corn, Pers. 5, 74.—

IV A die used in play, Gell. 18, 13, 2.

In the wild

tesserulas Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 9.4.113
tesserulas Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 10.27.5
tesserulas Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 18.13.2
tesserulae Cicero, Orator 149
tesserula Persius, Saturae 5.74
tesserulae Cicero, De Oratore 3.171

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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