Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Asserculum

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

ASSER'CULUM and ASSER'CULUS. Diminutive of Asser; any small pole or stake, and so used for a broom-handle. Cato, R. R. 152. Wood-cut s. AEDITUUS.