"surculus" meaning in Latin

See surculus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From sūrus (“post, stake, branch”) + -culus (diminutive suffix). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “vowel length”) Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|sūrus<t:post, stake, branch>|-culus<pos:diminutive suffix>|rfe=vowel length|text=1|title=surculus}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-elos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-kelos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-culus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la", "pos" : "diminutive suffix" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "surculus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="surculus"> From sūrus (“post, stake, branch”) + -culus (diminutive suffix). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “vowel length”), {{ety|la|:af|sūrus<t:post, stake, branch>|-culus<pos:diminutive suffix>|rfe=vowel length|text=1|title=surculus}} From sūrus (“post, stake, branch”) + -culus (diminutive suffix). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “vowel length”) Head templates: {{la-noun|surculus<2>}} surculus m (genitive surculī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|surculus<2>}} Forms: surculī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], surculus [nominative, singular], surculī [nominative, plural], surculī [genitive, singular], surculōrum [genitive, plural], surculō [dative, singular], surculīs [dative, plural], surculum [accusative, singular], surculōs [accusative, plural], surculō [ablative, singular], surculīs [ablative, plural], surcule [singular, vocative], surculī [plural, vocative]
  1. shoot, sprout, sprig, twig Tags: declension-2, masculine Synonyms: rāmulus, turiō
    Sense id: en-surculus-la-noun-Mc8nxVl- Categories (other): Latin entries referencing missing etymons, Latin entries with etymology texts, Latin entries with etymon, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Latin terms suffixed with -culus Disambiguation of Latin entries referencing missing etymons: 55 25 20 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology texts: 59 23 18 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 37 31 31 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 54 34 12 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 38 29 33 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -culus: 61 20 20
  2. a scion, graft, a sucker, slip, set of a plant for growth Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-surculus-la-noun-Ijxg8F7H Categories (other): Latin entries with etymon, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 37 31 31 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 38 29 33
  3. a small tree Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-surculus-la-noun-aU7nw35N Categories (other): Latin entries with etymon, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 37 31 31 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 38 29 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: → English: surcle, → Portuguese: súrculo, ⇒ Romanian: surcea, surcel, → Spanish: súrculo

Inflected forms

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        "shoot, sprout, sprig, twig"
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