surus

Latin

Etymology

Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“stick, pole”), the same root of Old English sweor (“pillar, column”)[1].

Noun

sūrus m (genitive sūrī); second declension

A branch, a stake

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sūrus	sūrī
Genitive	sūrī	sūrōrum
Dative	sūrō	sūrīs
Accusative	sūrum	sūrōs
Ablative	sūrō	sūrīs
Vocative	sūre	sūrī

References

surus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
surus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
surus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), “surus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 635

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