torulus
From LSJ
πέτρην κοιλαίνει ρανὶς ὕδατος ἐνδελεχείῃ → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
Latin > English (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.
