surculus

English

Etymology

Latin surculus

Noun

surculus (plural surculi)

A shoot from a rootstock; a sucker.

Related terms

surculose

Latin

Noun

surculus m (genitive surculī); second declension

shoot, sprout, sprig, twig

Declension

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	surculus	surculī
Genitive	surculī	surculōrum
Dative	surculō	surculīs
Accusative	surculum	surculōs
Ablative	surculō	surculīs
Vocative	surcule	surculī

Derived terms

Portuguese: súrculo
Romanian: surcea
Spanish: súrculo

References

surculus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
surculus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
surculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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