sura
Latin > English
sura surae N F :: calf of the leg
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sūra: ae, f.,
I the calf of the leg.
I In gen., Plin. 11, 45, 105, § 253; Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 120, Cic. Arat. 256 (501); 399 (646); Turp. ap Non. 236, 16; Ov. A. A. 3, 623; Juv. 16, 14: teretes, Hor C. 2, 4, 21: tumentes, id. Epod. 8, 10; Lact. Opif. Dei, 13, 6; Claud. in Eutr. 2, 342: Puniceo suras evincta cothurno, Verg. E. 7, 32; id. A. 1, 337; Anthol. Lat. 6, 89, 18 Burm.; Grat. Cyn. 338.—
II In partic., in anatomy, the smaller bone of the leg, Cels. 8, 1, 110; 8, 11, 3.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) sūra,¹² æ, f., le mollet : Plin. 11, 253 ; Virg. B. 7, 32 ; En. 1, 337 || petit os de la jambe, petit focile [péroné] : Cels. Med. 8, 1.
Latin > German (Georges)
(1) sūra1, ae, f. (ionisch ὤρη, ωρη), I) die Wade, Cic. u.a.: exsecare suras vel suffragines, Amm.: suras cothurno vincire, Verg.: suras includere auro, Verg. – II) der kleinere Knochen des Unterschenkels, das Wadenbein (griech. περόνη, Ggstz. tibia, der größere, das Schienbein, griech. κνήμη), Cels. 8, 1. p. 328, 29 D. u. 8, 11. p. 352, 9 D.