tigillum

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

tĭgillum, i, n. dim. [tignum].

I A small piece of wood : clamat suam rem perisse ... de suo tigillo fumus si qua exit foras, i. e. if the least bit of wood is burned in his house , Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 21. —

II Esp., a little beam , Liv. 1, 26, 13; Cat. 67, 39; Tib. 2, 1, 39; Phaedr. 1, 2, 14; Juv. 7, 46; Ap. Met. 1, 16, 11. —

B Sororium Tigillum; v. sororius, II.

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