Latin search results for: tessera

#1

noun

  • declension: 1st declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. die
  2. square tablet marked with watchword, countersign
  3. token, ticket
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
  • Source: General, unknown or too common to say
#2

noun

  • declension: 2nd declension
  • gender: masculine

Definitions:

  1. officer who received the watchword
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: Charles Beard, “Cassell’s Latin Dictionary”, 1892 (CAS)