segmentum

segmentum, i, n. [seco], a cutting, cut; a piece cut off, a slice (not ante-Aug.; mostly in the plur.; syn.: fragmentum, frustum).

• I In gen.: crassior harena laxioribus segmentis terit et plus erodit marmoris, Plin. 36, 6, 9, § 53; so, segmenta percae, Aus. Idyll. 10, 118.—
• II In partic.
• • A 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.—
  • B In plur., 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.

sēgmentum, ī, n. (seco), I) der Schnitt, Einschnitt, Abschnitt, 1) eig.: laxiora segmenta, Plin. 36, 53: segmenta percae, Auson. Mos. 119. – 2) übtr., durch die Polarkreise gebildeter Welt-, Erdabschnitt, mundi, Plin. 6, 211: quinto continentur segmento Bactra, Iberia, Plin. 6, 216. – II) Plur. segmenta, rechteckige, kreisförmige od. streifenartige Stückchen von Purpur mit Gold durchwebt od. von feingeschlagenem Goldblech, wie sie unten über dem Saume der Damenkleider aufgenäht wurden, der Purpurbesatz, der Goldbesatz, Ov. art. am. 3, 169. Val. Max. 5, 2, 1. Iuven. 2, 124. Sidon. epist. 8, 6, 6; vgl. Schol. Iuven. 6, 89 (und dazu Cramer). – ➳ Vulg. sigmentum, Corp. inscr. Lat. 8, 1013, 2.

segmentum [CL] 1 piece (of fabric or metal) attached to garment as decoration. a seco ‥ hoc ~um, -ti ‥ pro particulis vestimentorum et dicuntur ~a quasi secamenta Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 529; sunt ~a inserta et referta gemmis preciosis et auro GlSid f. 149v. 2 (long) robe or tunic. sirmata, longe vestes que et ~a dicuntur Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 566; textura: ‥ levidenses, pannidenses, ~a [gl.: sage vestures; draz nobles; ~um, i. e. vestis nobilium extendens exterius habitum interiorem], licinia Balsh. Ut. 52; ~a sunt quedam indumenta parva circa collum per humeros usque ad pectus dependentia que possunt appellari scapelarie GlSid f. 149v; a trayn, sirma, ~um CathA. 3 (in gl.) sort of cloth, say, silk. de vestibus mulierum: ‥ hoc ~um, saie. hoc sericum, hoc bombocinium, seie Gl. AN Glasg. f. 21rb. 4 (arch.) section, segment (in quot. of storey of tower). [turris] quinque tenet patulis segmenta oculata fenestris Wulf. Swith. pref. 177.

segmentum, (15) ī, n. (seco), coupure, entaille, incision : Plin. 36, 53 || [fig.] segment, bande : Aus. Mos. 118 || zone : Plin. 6, 211 ; 6, 216 || chamarrure : Ov. Ars 3, 169 ; aurea segmenta Val. Max. 5, 2, 1, galons dʼor || vêtement chamarré : Juv. 2, 124.

segmentum , i. n.
切之塊。砍 刀。雜寳石之頸環。飾衣邊之物。Segmenta. plur. 天地各道。

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sēgmentum ī, n

• 2 SAC-, a cutting(late).— Esp., plur, strips of colored cloth, trimmings, flounces, O., Iu.

Segmentum

An ornament attached to women's dresses, in the shape of strips of gold tissue or other rich material, sewed upon the skirts in parallel lines and running around it like tucks (Isidor. Orig. xix. 22, 18).