caulis

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin caulis. Doublet of cole, gobi, and kale.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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.
Translations[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

caulis

  1. plural of cauli

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

caulīs

  1. dative/ablative plural of caulae

Etymology 2[edit]

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 (cʿōłun, stalk; straw).[1]

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Noun[edit]

caulis m (genitive caulis); third declension

  1. stalk, stem
  2. stem of a cabbage
Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative caulis caulēs
Genitive caulis caulium
Dative caulī caulibus
Accusative caulem caulēs
caulīs
Ablative caule caulibus
Vocative caulis caulēs
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
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[edit]

  • 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