English

Noun

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

Anagrams

• aulics

Latin

Etymology 1

Noun

caulīs

1. dative plural of caulae
2. ablative plural of caulae

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *keh₂u-l-i. Cognate with Ancient Greek καυλός ‎(kaulós, “stem”), Latvian kauls.^[1]

Alternative forms

• cōlis
• coles

Noun

caulis m ‎(genitive caulis); third declension

1. stalk, stem
2. stem of a cabbage
3. ****

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

References

• 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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “caulis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

1. ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill