pĕtĭŏlus, i, m. dim. [pes], a little foot, little leg (post-Aug.).
I Lit.: nudus, Afr. ap. Non. 160, 16; Cels. 2, 18, 31: in petiolis capitulisque haedorum et vitulorum et agnorum, id. 2, 22, 2.—
II Transf., a stem or stalk of fruits: petioli, quibus mala pendent, Col. Arb. 23, 2; of the olive, id. 12, 49, 8.