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Latin
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Italic *kaɣela (“little tie, juncture”), from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰ- (“to enclose”), in this case cognate to Latin cohum, incohō, Oscan 𐌊𐌀𐌇𐌀𐌃 (kahad, “let him take”), Welsh cael (“to get”), Welsh caer (“fortified settlement”), English hedge. Sense 2 is difficult to connect semantically and could represent a diminutive to cavus (“hollow”) with regular syncope.
Pronunciation
Noun
caulae f pl (genitive caulārum); first declension
- a railing or lattice barrier; hurdles (for a sheep-fold)
- (Medieval Latin) sheepfold, pigsty, coop etc.
- Alternative form: caula
- pores (of the skin), holes, apertures
Declension
First-declension noun, plural only.
Further reading
- “caulae” on page 316 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “caulae”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 99
- “caulae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “caulae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- caulae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.