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noun

praesegmen

gen. praesegmĭnis · gender neuter · decl. 3rd
a piece cut off; a paring •
a piece cut off, a paring (ante- and postclass.): tonsor omnia abstulit praesegmina, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 33; cf.: praesegmina proprie Plautus in Aululariā ea dici voluit, quae unguibus eminulis praesecantur, Non. 151, 33: cadaverum, App. M. 2, p. 123, 24.
Perseus ID: n37934 Key: praesegmen