I.an antiquated or foreign word needing explanation: “circa glossemata etiam, id est voces minus usitatas, non ultima ejus professionis diligentia,” Quint. 1, 8, 15: “camillam (apud Ennium), qui glossemata interpretati, dixerunt administram,” Varr. L. L. 7, § 34 Müll.: glossemata nobis praecipit, Asin. ap. Suet. Gramm. 22.—Hence, Glos-sēmăta , ōrum, n., a name given to collections of such words with explanations: naucum ait Aelius Stilo omnium rerum putamen: Glossematorum autem scriptores, etc., Fest. s. v. naucum, p. 166, b Müll: ocrem antiqui, ut Ateius Philologus in libro Glossematorum refert, etc., id. s. v. ocrem, p. 181, a.
glossēma , ătis, n., = γλώσσημα,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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