cauliculus
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin cauliculus (“little stalk”).
Noun[edit]
cauliculus (plural cauliculi)
- (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[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Diminutive of caulis.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kau̯ˈli.ku.lus/, [käu̯ˈlʲɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kau̯ˈli.ku.lus/, [käu̯ˈliːkulus]
Noun[edit]
cauliculus m (genitive cauliculī); second declension
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
- Catalan: colís, colitx
- → English: caulicle
- Galician: coella, covella
- Italian: colecchio
- Romanian: curechi
- Spanish: colleja
References[edit]
- “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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