I. 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. —
II. Transf., a shoot, spray of a vine: “suboles, quam rustici suffraginem vocant,” Col. 4, 24, 4.
