asserculus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

assercŭlus, i, m. dim. (assercŭ-lum, i, n., Cato) [asser]

a small beam or pole , Cato R. R. 12; 152; Col. 12, 52, 4; 8, 3, 6.