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praesegmen

praesegmen, ĭnis, n. [praeseco],
  • a piece cut off, a paring (ante- and post-class.): tonsor omnia abstulit praesegmina, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 33 (312); cf.: praesegmina proprie Plautus in Aululariā ea dici voluit, quae unguibus eminulis praesecantur, Non. 151, 33: cadaverum, Ap. Met. 2, 20, 6.

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