segmentum
Ἥξει τὸ γῆρας πᾶσαν αἰτίαν φέρον → Veniet senectus omne crimen sustinens → Bald kommt das Alter, das an allem trägt die Schuld
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
segmentum: i, n. seco,
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
segmentum,¹⁵ ī, n. (seco), coupure, entaille, incision : Plin. 36, 53 || [fig.] segment, bande : Aus. Mos. 118 || zone : Plin. 6, 211 ; 6, 216 || chamarrure : Ov. Ars 3, 169 ; aurea segmenta Val. Max. 5, 2, 1, galons d’or || vêtement chamarré : Juv. 2, 124.
