bessālis, e, adj. [bes],
I comprising eight : laterculus, a tile eight inches long , Vitr. 5, 10, 2; 7, 4, 2: scutula, Mart. 8, 71, 7: clausulae, Porphyr. prooem. ad Hor. Epod.—
II Meton. for any thing of small value : comula, Petr. 58, 5.