tŏrŭlus, i, m. dim. [torus; a little elevation; hence],
I A tuft of hair: tum meo patri autem torulus inerit aureus Sub petaso, Plaut. Am. prol. 144; so, torulo capiti circumflexo, Amm. 29, 1, 31: torulus in capite mulieris ornatus, Varr. L. L. 5, § 167 Müll.—
II The (dilated) muscle , the brawn or fleshy part of the body: terga pulposis torulis obesa, Ap. Met. 7, 16, 17. —
B Transf., the sap-wood , alburnum of a tree, Vitr. 2, 9, 3.