tessella

== English == === Etymology === From Latin tessella. === Noun === tessella (plural tessellae) A small tessera. == French == === Pronunciation === Homophones: tessellas, tessellât === Verb === tessella third-person singular past historic of tesseller == Latin == === Etymology === From tessera (“die, cube, square tablet”) +‎ -la (diminutive suffix). === Noun === tessella f (genitive tessellae); first declension A small cube of stone used for paving ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → Old English: tasul, tesul (dice) === References === “tessella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “tessella”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “tessella”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.