segmen

segmen, ĭnis, n. [seco],

• what is cut off, a cutting, shred, little bit (very rare): unguium et capilli segmina, Fab. Pictor ap. Gell. 10, 15, 15: nulli secabile segmen, i.e. atom, Aus. Ecl. 1, 7: cannarum duplex fixa perpetuitas nec segmina, nec rimam ullam fieri patietur, i. e. will prevent the work from chipping off or cracking, Vitr. 7, 3.

sēgmen, inis, n. (Stamm sec, wov. auch seco), Schnitzel, Splitterchen, Stückchen, unguium et capilli segmina, Fab. Pict. b. Gell. 10, 15. § 15: nec segmina nec rimam ullam fieri patietur, sich weder absplittern, noch springen, Vitr. 7, 3 extr.: nulli secabile s., v. Atom, Auson. egl. 1, 7. p. 154 Schenkl.

segmĕn, ĭnis, n. (seco), rognure : Fab. Pict. d. Gell. 10, 15, 15 ; nulli secabile segmen Aus. Idyll. 1, 7, particule indivisible [atome] || fissure : Vitr. Arch. 7, 3.