cauliculus

English

Etymology

Latin cauliculus (“little stalk”).

Noun

cauliculus (plural cauliculi)

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

Latin

Alternative forms
  • cōliculus

Etymology

Diminutive of caulis.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kau̯ˈli.ku.lus/, [käu̯ˈlʲɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kau̯ˈli.ku.lus/, [käu̯ˈliːkulus]

Noun

cauliculus m (genitive cauliculī); second declension

  1. small cabbage
  2. stalk, stem

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cauliculus cauliculī
Genitive cauliculī cauliculōrum
Dative cauliculō cauliculīs
Accusative cauliculum cauliculōs
Ablative cauliculō cauliculīs
Vocative caulicule cauliculī

Descendants
  • Catalan: colís, colitx
  • → English: caulicle
  • Galician: coella, covella
  • Italian: colecchio
  • Romanian: curechi
  • Spanish: colleja

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
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