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|lshtext=<b>segmentum</b>: i, n. [[seco]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[cutting]], [[cut]]; a [[piece]] [[cut]] [[off]], a [[slice]] (not [[ante]]-Aug.; [[mostly]] in the <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>; syn.: [[fragmentum]], [[frustum]]).<br /><b>I</b> In gen.: crassior [[harena]] laxioribus segmentis terit et [[plus]] erodit marmoris, Plin. 36, 6, 9, § 53; so, segmenta percae, Aus. Idyll. 10, 118.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>, 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.