Meaning of malleolus | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A small hammer or mallet.
   declension-2, masculine
2. A mallet-shoot or hammer-shaped slip or cutting; literally, a “little hammer.” A propagation method where a young, green shoot is harvested with a small, horizontal section of the older, woody branch still attached at the base. This “T” junction resembles a mallet — the older wood forms the “head” and the new shoot forms the “handle” — providing a sturdy, nutrient-rich base for new roots to develop.
   declension-2, masculine
3. A kind of fire-dart.
   declension-2, masculine
4. The tongue of a shoe buckle.
   declension-2, masculine

Examples

“Malleolī, plantae, sarmenta, vīvirādīcēs, propāginēs, nōnne efficiunt, ut quemvīs cum admīrātiōne dēlectent?”

[On the joy of farming, and specifically the care of vines:] Do not the mallet-shoots, the sprouts, the cuttings, the quicksets, and the offshoots bring it about that they delight anyone with a sense of wonder?

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