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1 tessellatim
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2 laculatus
lăcŭlātus, a, um, adj. [lacus], four-cornered, checkered: vestis, woven in square compartments or checks, with inwoven or embroidered pictures (v. lacus, V.), Isid. Orig. 19, 22, 11. -
3 mandra
I.Lit.:II.mulorum,
Mart. 5, 22, 7.—Transf.A.A herd of cattle: stantis convicia mandrae, abuse from the herd penned up or stopped, i. e. from the drovers, Juv. 3, 237; cf.: mandrae, locus in quo porci includuntur, Vet. Schol. ad loc.—B.In plur., a checkered draught-board, gaming-table:vincas Novium Publiumque mandris clusos,
i. e. penned up in the squares, Mart. 7, 72, 8. -
4 scutula
1.scŭtŭla, ae, f. dim. [scutra; cf. scutella].I.Lit., a little dish or platter of a nearly square form (cf. lanx), Cato, R. R. 68, 1; Mart. 11, 31, 19; 8, 71, 7.—II.Transf., of figures thus shaped, a diamond-, rhomb-, or lozenge-shaped figure:2.(pavimenta) si sectilia sunt, nulli gradus in scutulis aut trigonis aut quadratis seu favis exstent,
Vitr. 7, 1;so of a tesselated floor,
Pall. 1, 9, 5;of checkered stuffs,
Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 196 (cf. scutulatus); id. 17, 16, 26, § 118.—Of the shape of a country:formam totius Britanniae eloquentissimi auctores oblongae scutulae vel bipenni assimulavere,
Tac. Agr. 10.—Of a patch on the eye, for a disguise:scutula ob oculos lanea,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 42.scŭtŭla (in a Greek orthog. scy-tăla or scytălē; v. II. and III.), ae, f., = skutalê (a staff, stick).I.A wooden roller or cylinder:II.quattuor biremes, subjectis scutulis, impulsas vectibus in interiorem partem transduxit,
Caes. B. C. 3, 40, 4.—A secret writing, secret letter among the Lacedaemonians (it being written on a slip of papyrus wrapped round a skutalê; pure Lat. clava):III.scytala,
Nep. Paus. 3, 4:scytale,
Aus. Ep. 23, 23; cf. Gell. 17, 9, 15 (written as Greek, Cic. Att. 10, 10, 3, habes skutalên Lakônikên).—A cylindrical snake (of equal thickness throughout), Plin. [p. 1651] 82, 5, 19, § 53; Luc. 9, 717; Sol. 27, § 30; cf. Col. 6, 17. 1. -
5 scutulata
scŭtŭlātus, a, um, adj. [1. scutula, II.], diamond- or lozenge-shaped, checkered:rete (aranearum),
Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 81:pavimentum,
id. 36, 25, 61, § 185;of stuffs,
id. 8, 48, 73, § 191:color equi,
Pall. Mart. 13, 4; Isid. 12, 1, 48.—As subst.: scŭtŭlāta, ae, f., a checked or chequered garment:caerulea,
Juv. 2, 97; Cod. Th. 15, 7, 11; also: scŭtŭlāta, ōrum, n., Vulg. Ezech. 27, 16. -
6 scutulatus
scŭtŭlātus, a, um, adj. [1. scutula, II.], diamond- or lozenge-shaped, checkered:rete (aranearum),
Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 81:pavimentum,
id. 36, 25, 61, § 185;of stuffs,
id. 8, 48, 73, § 191:color equi,
Pall. Mart. 13, 4; Isid. 12, 1, 48.—As subst.: scŭtŭlāta, ae, f., a checked or chequered garment:caerulea,
Juv. 2, 97; Cod. Th. 15, 7, 11; also: scŭtŭlāta, ōrum, n., Vulg. Ezech. 27, 16. -
7 scytale
1.scŭtŭla, ae, f. dim. [scutra; cf. scutella].I.Lit., a little dish or platter of a nearly square form (cf. lanx), Cato, R. R. 68, 1; Mart. 11, 31, 19; 8, 71, 7.—II.Transf., of figures thus shaped, a diamond-, rhomb-, or lozenge-shaped figure:2.(pavimenta) si sectilia sunt, nulli gradus in scutulis aut trigonis aut quadratis seu favis exstent,
Vitr. 7, 1;so of a tesselated floor,
Pall. 1, 9, 5;of checkered stuffs,
Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 196 (cf. scutulatus); id. 17, 16, 26, § 118.—Of the shape of a country:formam totius Britanniae eloquentissimi auctores oblongae scutulae vel bipenni assimulavere,
Tac. Agr. 10.—Of a patch on the eye, for a disguise:scutula ob oculos lanea,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 42.scŭtŭla (in a Greek orthog. scy-tăla or scytălē; v. II. and III.), ae, f., = skutalê (a staff, stick).I.A wooden roller or cylinder:II.quattuor biremes, subjectis scutulis, impulsas vectibus in interiorem partem transduxit,
Caes. B. C. 3, 40, 4.—A secret writing, secret letter among the Lacedaemonians (it being written on a slip of papyrus wrapped round a skutalê; pure Lat. clava):III.scytala,
Nep. Paus. 3, 4:scytale,
Aus. Ep. 23, 23; cf. Gell. 17, 9, 15 (written as Greek, Cic. Att. 10, 10, 3, habes skutalên Lakônikên).—A cylindrical snake (of equal thickness throughout), Plin. [p. 1651] 82, 5, 19, § 53; Luc. 9, 717; Sol. 27, § 30; cf. Col. 6, 17. 1. -
8 tessellatim
tessellātim, adv. [id.], in a checkered or tesselated form (late Lat.):concidere spathulam porcinam,
Apic. 4, 3:incidere pernam,
id. 7, 9. -
9 tessellatus
tessellātus, a, um, adj. [id.], of small square stones, checkered, tesselated:pavimenta,
Suet. Caes. 46. -
10 Cleridae
ENG checkered beetlesNLD mierkeverachtigenGER BuntkaferFRA clairons -
11 Picoides mixtus
ENG checkered woodpecker -
12 Rhynchocyon cirnei
ENG checkered elephant shrewNLD gevlekt slurfhondjeGER geflecktes Russelhundchen
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