tŏrŭlus (noun M) : dim.torus; a little ele vation; hence
* 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.
* The (dilated) muscle, the brawn or fleshy part of the body: terga pulposis torulis obesa,App. M. 7, p. 195, 12.
* Transf., the sap-wood, alburnum of a tree, Vitr. 2, 9, 3.