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segmentum (noun N) : seco
* A cutting, cut; a piece cut off, a slice (not ante-Aug.; mostly in the plur.; syn.: fragmentum, frustum).
* In gen.: crassior harena laxioribus segmentis terit et plus erodit marmoris,Plin. 36, 6, 9, § 53; so, segmenta percae,Aus. Idyll. 10, 118.
* In partic.
* A strip, zone, segment of the earth: plura sunt haec segmenta mundi, quae nostri circulos appellavere, Graeci parallelos,Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 212: quinto continentur segmento Bactra, Iberia, Armenia, etc.,id. 6, 34, 39, § 216.
* In plur., strips of tinsel, brocade, etc., sewed around the bottom of a woman's dress; trimmings, bands, flounces, purfles, Ov. A. A. 3, 169: segmenta et longos habitus et flammea sumit,Juv. 2, 124: aurea,Val. Max. 5, 2, 1: crepitantia, Sed. Ep. 8, 6 med.
* A cutting, cut; a piece cut off, a slice (not ante-Aug.; mostly in the plur.; syn.: fragmentum, frustum).
* In gen.: crassior harena laxioribus segmentis terit et plus erodit marmoris,Plin. 36, 6, 9, § 53; so, segmenta percae,Aus. Idyll. 10, 118.
* In partic.
* A strip, zone, segment of the earth: plura sunt haec segmenta mundi, quae nostri circulos appellavere, Graeci parallelos,Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 212: quinto continentur segmento Bactra, Iberia, Armenia, etc.,id. 6, 34, 39, § 216.
* In plur., strips of tinsel, brocade, etc., sewed around the bottom of a woman's dress; trimmings, bands, flounces, purfles, Ov. A. A. 3, 169: segmenta et longos habitus et flammea sumit,Juv. 2, 124: aurea,Val. Max. 5, 2, 1: crepitantia, Sed. Ep. 8, 6 med.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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