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

  1. 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

  1. 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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