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Webster 1913 Edition


Tessera


Tes′se-ra

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Noun.
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pl.
Tesserae
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[L., a square piece, a die. See
Tessellar
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A small piece of marble, glass, earthenware, or the like, having a square, or nearly square, face, used by the ancients for mosaic, as for making pavements, for ornamenting walls, and like purposes; also, a similar piece of ivory, bone, wood, etc., used as a ticket of admission to theaters, or as a certificate for successful gladiators, and as a token for various other purposes.
Fairholt.

Definition 2024


tessera

tessera

See also: tesserà

English

Noun

tessera (plural tesserae)

  1. A small square piece of stone, wood, ivory or glass used for making a mosaic.
  2. (planetology) complex-ridged surface feature seen on plateau highlands of Venus and perhaps on Triton

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin tessera (a cube, a die with numbers on all six sides), from Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares, four).

Noun

tessera f (plural tessere)

  1. card; credit card
  2. pass
  3. tessera (small square piece used for making a mosaic)
  4. domino

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Verb

tessera

  1. third-person singular present indicative of tesserare
  2. second-person singular imperative of tesserare

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares, four).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtes.se.ra/, [ˈtɛs.sɛ.ra]

Noun

tessera f (genitive tesserae); first declension

  1. tessera
  2. die (used in games)
  3. watchword
  4. token

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative tessera tesserae
genitive tesserae tesserārum
dative tesserae tesserīs
accusative tesseram tesserās
ablative tesserā tesserīs
vocative tessera tesserae

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