ocellatus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ŏcellātus, a, um, adj. [ocellus],

having little eyes (ante class. and post-Aug.).—Only as subst.: ŏcellātum , i, n., a small stone marked with eyes or spots : altera exorat patrem libram ocellatorum ( like dice ), Varr. ap. Non. 213, 30: ocellatis ludere, Suet. Aug. 83 (also v. l. for oculatae, id. Dom. 8).