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assŭla (in many MSS. astŭla), ae, f. dim. [axis].

  1. I. A splinter, shaving, chip: at etiam cesso foribus facere hisce assulas, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 20: Melandrya vocantur quercūs assulis similia, Plin. 9, 15, 18, § 48: assula tenuis brevisque, id. 16, 11, 22, § 54.
    Of marble, a chip, shiver, Vitr. 7, 6.
  2. * II. A shingle, σχίδη: Bibacul. ap. Suet. Gram. 11.

assŭlātim, adv. [assula], in shivers or splinters, piecemeal: Aperite hasce ambas forīs Prius quam pultando assulatim foribus exitium dabo, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 52: hunc senem Osse tenus dolabo et concidam assulatim viscera, will cut to bits, id. Men. 5, 2, 105 Brix: sumere cibum, Auct. ap. Non. p. 72, 24.