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  • 1 tessera

        tessera ae, f, τέσσαρα, a die, cube (marked on six sides): ludere tesseris, T.: tesseras iacere: in tesserarum prospero iactu, L.: mittere, O.—A square tablet bearing a watchword, watchword, parole, countersign: tessera per castra a Livio consule data erat, ut, etc., L.: omnibus tesseram dare iubet, L.—A token, ticket, billet: frumenti, i. e. a ticket for a share in the distribution of corn, Iu.
    * * *
    die; square tablet marked with watchword, countersign; token, ticket

    Latin-English dictionary > tessera

  • 2 contrascribo

    contra-scrībo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a., to countersign, App. Mag. p. 324, 10.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > contrascribo

  • 3 tessera

    tessĕra, ae, f., = tesseres, a (lon. for tessares, a, four), a square, square piece of stone, wood, etc., for various purposes.
    I.
    Most freq., a die for playing, numbered on all the six sides (while the tali, prop. pastern-bones, were marked only on four sides; v. talus;

    syn. alea): ludere tesseris,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 21:

    ut homines ad pilam se aut ad talos aut ad tesseras conferunt,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 58:

    tesseras jacere,

    id. Div. 2, 41, 85; id. Sen. 16, 58:

    in tesserarum prospero jactu,

    Liv. 4, 17, 3; Mart. 14, 15, 1; 4, 66, 15; 14, 17, 1:

    mittere,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 354; id. Tr. 2, 475; Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 13 al.; cf. Becker, Gallus, 3, p. 257 sq. (2d ed.).—
    II.
    In milit. lang., a square tablet on which the watchword was written, a watchword, parole, countersign:

    tessera per castra a Livio consule data erat, ut, etc.,

    Liv. 26, 46, 1; 7, 35, 1; 7, 36, 7; 9, 32, 4; Auct. B. Hisp. 36, 5; Suet. Galb. 6: it bello tessera signum, Verg. A. 7, 637; Sil. 15, 475: Stat. Th. 10, 17:

    missam ad se tesseram finxit redeundi,

    a private token, Amm. 30, 10, 3. — Hence,
    B.
    Transf., the watchword, signal:

    militem levi tesserā colligi posse,

    Amm. 25, 7, 2 al. —
    III.
    Tessera hospitalis, a tally, token, which was divided between two friends, in order that, by means of it, they or their descendants might always recognize each other (the Greek sumbola): Ag. Ego sum ipsus, quem tu quaeris... Ha. Si ita est, tesseram conferre si vis hospitalem, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 87; 5, 1, 25; 5, 2, 92:

    TESSERAM HOSPITALEM CVM EQ FECERVNT,

    have entered into a bond of friendship, Inscr. Orell. 1079; cf. Becker, Gallus, 2, p. 133 (2d ed.);

    hence: hic apud nos jam confregisti tesseram,

    i.e. have broken our friendship, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 27.—
    IV.
    A square tablet or block, a checker for the construction of pavements, ornamenting garments, etc., Plin. 36, 25, 62, § 187 (al. tessella); Pall. 1, 9, 5; Mart. 10, 33; Plin. 35, 9, 36, § 62.—
    V.
    A token, ticket, billet for the distribution of corn or money:

    frumentariae,

    Suet. Ner. 11; cf.

    frumenti,

    Juv. 7, 174; Mart. 8, 78, 10; and absol., Suet. Aug. 40:

    nummariae,

    id. ib. 41.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > tessera

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