fragmentum, i, n. [FRAG, frango],
I a piece broken off , a piece , remnant , fragment (class.; mostly in plur.; cf.: frustum, segmentum).
α Plur. : inermem atque imparatum tribunum alii gladiis adoriuntur, alii fragmentis septorum et fustibus, Cic. Sest. 37, 79: tegularum, Liv. 34, 39, 11: ramorum, id. 23, 24, 10; for which ramea, Verg. G. 4, 304: avulsarum tabularum remorumque, Curt. 9, 9: crystalli, Plin. 37, 2, 10, § 29: panis, crumbs , Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 25.— Poet.: Emathiae ruinae, i. e. the remains of the army , Luc. 9, 33.—
β Sing. : fragmentum lapidis, Cic. N. D. 2, 32, 82.