caulis

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English

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin caulis. Doublet of cole, gobi, and kale.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɔːlɪs/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔːlɪs

Noun

caulis (plural caules)

  1. (architecture) Each of the main stalks which support the volutes and helices of a Corinthian capital.
  2. (botany) The stalk of a plant, especially a herbaceous stem in its natural state.
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Etymology 2

Noun

caulis

  1. plural of cauli

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Latin

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

caulīs

  1. dative/ablative plural of caulae

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *keh₂ulis. Cognate with Sanskrit कुल्या (kulyā), Ancient Greek καυλός (kaulós, “stem”), Latvian kauls (“bone”), Old Irish cúal (“bundle of sticks”), and perhaps Old Armenian ցօղուն (cʻōłun, “stalk; straw”).[1]

Alternative forms

Noun

caulis m (genitive caulis); third declension

  1. stalk, stem
  2. stem of a cabbage
Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

singular plural
nominative caulis caulēs
genitive caulis caulium
dative caulī caulibus
accusative caulem caulēs
caulīs
ablative caule caulibus
vocative caulis caulēs
Derived terms
Descendants
Borrowings
  • → Proto-Brythonic: *kawl (see there for further descendants)
  • → English: caulis (learned)
  • → Catalan: caule (semi-learned)
  • → Italian: caule (semi-learned)
  • → Macedonian: кељ (kelj)
  • → Proto-West Germanic: *kauli (see there for further descendants)
  • → Portuguese: caule (semi-learned)

References

  • “caulis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “caulis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • caulis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “caulis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 100
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