Lewis Short
lătercŭlus | lătĕrĭcŭlus (noun M) : (, Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 2), , dim. id..
* A small brick or tile: hanc contignationem laterculo astruxerunt, Caes. l. l.: sacellum factum crudis laterculis,Plin. 30, 7, 20, § 63: observationes siderum coctilibus laterculis inscriptae,id. 7, 56, 57, § 193.
* Transf.
* A kind of pastry, so called because shaped like a tile, Cato, R. R. 109: nihil nisi laterculos,Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 115.
* Among the agrimensores, a tile-shaped piece of land, Sic. Fl. de Cond. Agr. p. 2 Goes.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary