"tessella" meaning in Latin

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Noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares)bor. Latin tessera Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -la Latin tessella From tessera (“die, cube, square tablet”) + -la (diminutive suffix). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|tessera<t:die, cube, square tablet>|-lus<alt:-la><pos:diminutive suffix>|text=+|title=tessella|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares)bor. Latin tessera Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -la Latin tessella [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "four", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "four", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "four", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*kʷetwóres", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*kʷétwores", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "τέσσαρες", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "tessera", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "alt" : "-la", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "diminutive", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-elós", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-lós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-elos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-lus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la", "pos" : "diminutive suffix" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "tessella", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="tessella"> From tessera (“die, cube, square tablet”) + -la (diminutive suffix). Head templates: {{la-noun|tessella<1>}} tessella f (genitive tessellae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|tessella<1>}} Forms: tessellae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], tessella [nominative, singular], tessellae [nominative, plural], tessellae [genitive, singular], tessellārum [genitive, plural], tessellae [dative, singular], tessellīs [dative, plural], tessellam [accusative, singular], tessellās [accusative, plural], tessellā [ablative, singular], tessellīs [ablative, plural], tessella [singular, vocative], tessellae [plural, vocative]
  1. A small cube of stone used for paving Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-tessella-la-noun-48-VszPk Categories (other): Latin entries with etymology texts, Latin entries with etymology trees, Latin entries with etymon, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Latin terms suffixed with -lus, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Rocks

Inflected forms

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