Sarmentum, ti. Var. A twig of a tree cut off.Deuecta sarmenta cremare.Virg. Sarmentum. Colum. A brannch of a vine growing on the tree.Amputario sarmentorum & Immissio, contraria.Cic. Vide IMMITTO. Detergere sarmenta, Vide DETERGEO.In vitibus noua sarmenta cultura exercitantur, Cic.Syluescere sarmentis dicitur vitis.Cic.To waye thicke with rauuches. Sarmentum vuæ. Plin. The little bushie stalke wherou the grapes hang in clusters.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
sarmentum, i, n. [sarpo], twigs, light branches, brushwood; a fagot, fascine (class.; usu. in plur.; only so in Cic. and Cæs.; cf.: lignum, materia); sing., Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 2; Col. 3, 10, 1; Sil. 7, 314.— Plur., Col. 4, 24, 7; 5, 5, 16; Cic. Sen. 15, 52 and 53; id. de Or. 2, 21, 88; id. Verr. 2, 1, 27, 69; Caes. B. G. 3, 18 fin.; Liv. 22, 16 fin.; Quint. 2, 17, 19; Plin. 12, 25, 54, 118; 22, 25, 72, 150 al.