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Cauliculus
‖
Cau-lic′u-lus
(ka̤-lĭk′ū̍-lŭs)
, Noun.
pl.
Cauliculi
(-lī)
. [L.
cauliculus
little stalk, dim. of caulis
.] (Arch.)
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. See
Illust
. of Corinthian order
, under Corinthian
. Definition 2024
cauliculus
cauliculus
English
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.
Noun
cauliculus
Descendants
References
- cauliculus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cauliculus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.