What is the Latin word for twig?

The usual Latin words for “twig” are surculus, stolō, sarmentum; also rāmāle, rāmus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“twig” in Latin

surculusshoot, sprout, sprig, twig; a scion, graft, a sucker, slip, set of a plant for growth; a small tree stolōa shoot, branch, or twig springing from the root or stock of a tree; a sucker, knee sarmentumshoot; twigs, brushwood rāmāletwigs, shoots, sticks; brushwood, undergrowth rāmusbranch, bough, limb

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

twig

surculus (a live shoot, fit for grafting): stolo: sarmentum. Dead, try twigs, ramalia: ☞ frons = a green bough; ramus = a branch.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for twig?: The usual Latin words for “twig” are surculus, stolō, sarmentum; also rāmāle, rāmus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.