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tĭgillum , i, n. dim. tignum.
I. A small piece of wood: “clamat suam rem perisse ... de suo tigillo fumus si qua exit foras,” i. e. if the least bit of wood is burned in his house, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 21. —
II. Esp., a little beam, Liv. 1, 26, 13; Cat. 67, 39; Tib. 2, 1, 39; Phaedr. 1, 2, 14; Juv. 7, 46; App. M. 1, p. 109. —
B. Sororium Tigillum; v. sororius, II.
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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    • Plautus, Aulularia, 2.4
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 26.13
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