surculus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin surculus. Doublet of surcle.

Noun

surculus (plural surculi)

1. A shoot from a rootstock; a sucker.

Related terms

• surcle
• surculose

Latin

Noun

surculus m (genitive surculī); second declension

1. 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

• → English: surcle, surculus
• → Portuguese: súrculo
• ⇒ Romanian: surcea, surcel
• → 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.