adjective
tessĕrārĭus
Meaning
- belonging to
tessĕrārĭus, a, um, adj. tessera,
I. of or belonging to tesserae.
I. Adj.:
ars, the art of dice-playing, Amm. 14, 6, 14; 28, 4, 21.—II. Subst.: tessĕrārĭus, ii, m.
1. A dice-thrower, dice-player, Amm. 28, 4, 21; Inscr. Grut. 624, 8.—
2. He who receives and distributes the watchword from the commander (v. tessera, II.), Tac. H. 1, 25; Veg. Mil. 2, 7; Inscr. Orell. 3462; 3471; 3480.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
tesserārius ī, m
tessera, an officer in charge of the watchword , Ta.