tigillum
From LSJ
ἄλογον δὴ τὸ μήτε μάχης ἄρξασθαι μήτε τοὺς φίλους φυλάξαι, ἐὰν ὑπό γε τῶν βαρβάρων ἀδικῆσθε → It is irrational neither to begin battle nor to guard the friends, if you are ever wronged by the foreigners
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.
