cauliculus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cauliculus (“little stalk”). Doublet of caulicle.

Noun

cauliculus (plural cauliculi)

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

   Synonym: caulicole

Latin

Alternative forms

• cōliculus

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

1. small cabbage
2. stalk, stem

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	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.