caulae

Latin

Etymology

Possibly for *cavila, from cavus or from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰ- (“to enclose”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkau̯.lae̯/, [ˈkäu̯ɫ̪äe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkau̯.le/, [ˈkäːu̯le]

Noun

caulae f pl (genitive caulārum); first declension

1. railing(s)
2. sheepfold
3. hole, aperture

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	caulae
Genitive	caulārum
Dative	caulīs
Accusative	caulās
Ablative	caulīs
Vocative	caulae

References

• “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.