fragmentum (noun N) : FRAG, frango
* A piece broken off, a piece, remnant, fragment (class.; mostly in plur.; cf.: frustum, segmentum).
* Plur.: inermem atque imparatum tribunum alii gladiis adoriuntur, alii fragmentis septorum et fustibus,Cic. Sest. 37, 79: tegularum,Liv. 34, 39, 11: ramorum,id. 23, 24, 10; for which ramea,Verg. G. 4, 304: avulsarum tabularum remorumque,Curt. 9, 9: crystalli,Plin. 37, 2, 10, § 29: panis,crumbs,Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 25.— Poet.: Emathiae ruinae,i. e. the remains of the army,Luc. 9, 33.
* Sing.: fragmentum lapidis,Cic. N. D. 2, 32, 82.

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