noun

lătercŭlus

gen. lătercŭli · gender masculine · decl. 2nd

(, Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 2), , dim. id..

A small brick; tile •

A small brick or tile: hanc contignationem laterculo astruxerunt, Caes. l. l.: sacellum factum crudis laterculis, Plin. 30, 7, 20, § 63: observationes siderum coctilibus laterculis inscriptae, id. 7, 56, 57, § 193.—

by extension

A kind of pastry •

A kind of pastry, so called because shaped like a tile, Cato, R. R. 109: nihil nisi laterculos, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 115.—

a tile-shaped piece of land

Among the agrimensores, a tile-shaped piece of land, Sic. Fl. de Cond. Agr. p. 2 Goes.

Perseus ID: n25967 Key: laterculus