tigillum
From LSJ
Φιλοσοφίαν δὲ τὴν μὲν κατὰ φύσιν, ὦ Βασιλεῦ, ἐπαίνει καὶ ἀσπάζου, τὴν δέ θεοκλυτεῖν φάσκουσαν παραίτου. → Praise and revere, O King, the philosophy that accords with nature, and avoid that which pretends to invoke the gods. (Philostratus, Ap. 5.37)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
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.
