surculus

English

Etymology

Latin surculus

Noun

surculus (plural surculi)

A shoot from a rootstock; a sucker.

Related terms

Latin

Noun

surculus m (genitive surculī); second declension

shoot, sprout, sprig, twig

Declension

Second-declension noun.

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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