suffrāgo — Lewis and Short Latin Dictionary

suffrāgo, ĭnis, f. sub-frag, frango. Lit., the ham or hough, hock of a quadruped's hind leg (opp. armus): articulum suffraginis contingere (cf. poples), Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 183: suffraginum artus in aversum flectunt, id. 11, 45, 101, § 248; Col. 6, 15, 2. —Rarely of birds: aves ut quadripedes alas in priora curvant, suffraginem in posteriora, Plin. 11, 45, 102, § 249: aquilae pedes evellunt in aversum a suffragine, id. 30, 6, 18, § 54. — Transf., a shoot, spray of a vine: suboles, quam rustici suffraginem vocant, Col. 4, 24, 4.

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