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==Latin==

===Etymology===
Diminutive form of {{m|la|tignum}} (same process as that in {{m|la|sigillum}} < {{m|la|signum}}).

===Noun===
{{la-noun|tigillum<2>}} (''Diminutive of'': [[tignum]])

# small piece of [[wood]]
# small [[beam]]
# {{lb|la|Late Latin|alchemy}} a [[crucible]], a [[cupel]], referring to the [[Crucifixion]]

====Declension====
{{la-ndecl|tigillum<2>}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|la|Tigillīnus}}/ {{l|la|Tigellīnus}}
* {{l|la|Tigillus}}

====Descendants====
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* {{desc|gl|tilla}}
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===References===
* {{R:L&S}}
* {{R:Elementary Lewis}}
* {{R:Gaffiot}}

[[ru:tigillum]]