cauliculus
English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin cauliculus (“little stalk”).
Noun
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
Etymology
Diminutive of caulis.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kau̯ˈli.ku.lus/, [käu̯ˈlʲɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kau̯ˈli.ku.lus/, [käu̯ˈliːkulus]
Noun
cauliculus m (genitive cauliculī); second declension
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
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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