noun

tŏrŭlus

gen. tŏrŭli · gender masculine · decl. 2nd

dim. torus; a little ele vation; hence

A tuft •

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.—

muscle; the brawn; fleshy part •

The (dilated) muscle, the brawn or fleshy part of the body: terga pulposis torulis obesa, App. M. 7, p. 195, 12. —

the sap-wood by extension

Transf., the sap-wood, alburnum of a tree, Vitr. 2, 9, 3.

Perseus ID: n48614 Key: torulus