The corpus record — Latin

torulus

torulus · m

A tuft

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Where it lives

Amphitruo 1 · 1.02/10k
De Architectura 1 · 0.17/10k
Res Gestae 2 · 0.16/10k

What it meant

tŏrŭlus — Lewis & Short

tŏrŭlus, i, m.dim.torus; a little ele vation; hence,

I 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.—

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

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

Where it came from

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