also written τεσσαράλιος, τεσσαλάριος, θεσσαλάριος, etc., ὁ, = Lat. tesserarius, non-commissioned officer who communicates the password, Plu. Galb. 24, POxy. 43r ii 21 (iii AD), etc. ; also a civil official of uncertain functions, PSI 10.1106.4 (iv AD), IGot. 6.7 (iv AD); τ. πλοῖα dispatch-boats, IG 12(5).941 (Tenos, i BC).