I.a cutting, cut; a piece cut off, a slice (not ante-Aug.; mostly in the plur.; syn.: fragmentum, frustum).
I. In gen.: “crassior harena laxioribus segmentis terit et plus erodit marmoris,” Plin. 36, 6, 9, § 53; so, “segmenta percae,” Aus. Idyll. 10, 118.—
II. In partic.
A. 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.—
B. 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.