I.a piece broken off, a piece, remnant, fragment (class.; mostly in plur.; cf.: frustum, segmentum).
(α).
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.—
