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
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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