cauliculus

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cauliculus (little stalk). Doublet of caulicle.

Noun

cauliculus (plural cauliculi)

  1. (architecture) In the Corinthian capital, any of the eight stalks rising out of the lower leafage and terminating in leaves which seem to support the volutes.
    Synonym: caulicole

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Diminutive of caulis.

Pronunciation

Noun

cauliculus m (genitive cauliculī); second declension

  1. small cabbage
  2. stalk, stem

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cauliculus cauliculī
genitive cauliculī cauliculōrum
dative cauliculō cauliculīs
accusative cauliculum cauliculōs
ablative cauliculō cauliculīs
vocative caulicule cauliculī

Descendants

References

  • cauliculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cauliculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.