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surclo, āre, v. surculo, II.

* surcŭlācĕus, a, um, adj. [surculus], woody, like wood: durities seminum, Plin. 19, 7, 36, § 119.

surcŭlāris, e, adj. [surculus], producing young shoots or sprouts: terra, Col. 3, 11, 5.

surcŭlārĭus, a, um, adj. [surculus], of or belonging to shoots or twigs: ager, planted with young trees, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 17: cicada, living among the twigs or branches, Plin. 11, 26, 32, § 94.

surcŭlo, āre, v. a. [surculus].

  1. * I. To clear of shoots or sprouts, to prune, trim, surculate: plantas, Col. 5, 9, 11.
  2. II. To bind together with twigs, Apic. 4, 5, § 183; 7, 2, § 261 al.

surcŭlōsē, adv., v. surculosus fin.

surcŭlōsus, a, um, adj. [surculus], woody, like wood, ligneous: radices, Plin. 19, 6, 31, § 98: herba, id. 24, 15, 87, § 137: ramuli, id. 27, 11, 74, § 98.
* Adv.: sur-cŭlōsē, like wood: arescit herba, Plin. 18, 16, 43, § 148.

surcŭlus, i, m., a young twig or branch, a shoot, sprout, sprig (syn. malleolus).

  1. I. In gen., Verg. G. 2, 87; Col. 6, 15, 1; Plin. 29, 6, 36, § 113; Cels. 5, 26, 35; 8, 10, 6 al.: surculum defringere, Cic. de Or. 3, 28, 110.
  2. II. In partic., a scion, graft, a sucker, slip, set of a plant for growth: da mihi ex istā arbore quos seram surculos, Cic. de Or. 2, 69, 278; Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 6; 1, 41, 2; Col. 3, 1, 1; Plin. 17, 10, 13, § 68.
    1. B. A small tree, Col. 3, 28; 7, 4, 4; 7, 12, 10; 9, 4, 2; App. Flor. 2, p. 350, 27: fructus surculorum, Cels. 2, 18.