surus

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

sūrus, i, m.,

a branch , a stake , Varr. L. L. 10, § 73 Müll.: surum dicebant, ex quo per deminutionem fit surculus. Ennius: unus surus surum ferret, tamen defendere possent, Fest. p. 299 ib. (cf. Enn. Ann. v. 516 Vahl.); cf. crebrisuro.

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